The UK renewable developer Oracle Power has completed the transmission and grid interconnection study for a project to build a 1.3 GW hybrid renewables complex in Jhimpir, in the Sindh province of southern Pakistan. The study, which was launched in May 2024, was conducted by Power Planners International. The renewable hub, developed by Oracle Energy and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET, a subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China), will comprise 800 MW of solar and 500 MW of wind power capacity, along with a 260 MW battery energy storage system (BESS). It received approval from the Sindh Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) in May 2024. Power generation should be fed to the National Grid, with connection facilitated through the Network of National Transmission & Dispatch Company (NTDC).
Oracle Power is also considering a green hydrogen and ammonia production plant in the Sindh province with a capacity of 400 MW and an estimated production of 55 kt/year of green hydrogen or 275 kt/year of green ammonia.
Pakistan aims to reach at least 20% of alternative and renewable energy (excluding hydropower) in the power capacity in 2025 and 30% in 2030 (60% including hydropower). In 2020, Pakistan announced its intention to reach 27 GW of solar by 2047.
