FFC Energy of Pakistan Collaborates with German Energy Company to Install Wind Turbine in Sindh

March 13th, 2010

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FFC Energy Limited (FFCEL) has finalised contracts of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Operation and Maintenance (O&M) with Nordex of Germany for development of 50 Megawatt Wind Power Project at Jhimpir, Sindh.

FFCEL is a fully owned subsidiary of Fauji Fertiliser Company Limited (FFC), while Nordex AG is a leading manufacturer of Wind Turbines in the world. Founder and Chief Sales Officer of Nordex Carsten Pedersen and Lieutenant General Malik Arif Hayat (Retd) CE & MD, FFC & FFCEL exchanged the contract documents, a press release issued here said.
Arif Alauddin, CEO Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) Pakistan was also present at the ceremony. FFCEL shall soon be filing Tariff Petition with NEPRA for the project. The construction of the project, shall begin after Tariff approval from National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) and signing of Energy Purchase Agreement between FFCEL and Central Power Purchase Agency. The project, once operational, shall address electricity shortage in the country and will also help the economy by providing cleaner, sustainable and economical electricity to the nation.
FFC has further planned to develop and establish more renewable energy projects in Pakistan to contribute towards fulfilling Pakistan’s electricity needs through captive renewable resources. To that end, FFC has already obtained Letter of Intent (LOI) of additional 100 MW Wind Power Projects from (AEDB)

Windbelt: Innovative Generator to Bring Cheap Wind Power to Third World

by Philip Proefrock, 03/08/10

filed under: humanitarian design, Renewable Energy, social design, Wind Power

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Within the next few months, we hope to start seeing more about an intriguing small-scale wind power technology that was first announced a few years ago. The Windbelt was devised as a wind power generator to meet the very modest power needs of families in third-world countries. The device is revolutionary for being non-revolving — most wind power is produced by something going around in a circle and turning on an axis to drive a generator. Windbelt, however, uses the oscillation of a thin strip of material held in tension with a spring to vibrate a magnet that generates electrical power.