Energy strategy

Sir: The efforts of the PML-N government are focused mainly towards coal-fired power plants run through imported coal and a bit towards solar energy, whereas no attention is being paid to the generation of power by installing wind turbines. Pakistan has a wind corridor of 180 x 60 kms in Sindh province alone. The wind speed in this corridor is ideal for the generation of electricity. This corridor has been lying unutilised for the last 67 years. It can generate more than 50,000MWs. 

The prime minister has directed that three power plants that are lying unserviceable be recovered on priority. If the PM starts asking the ministry to recover the generators then what’s the job of the ministry? A power generator has huge components, which are visible to persons with even impaired vision. Their recovery is a normal affair. It’s a nightmare to think what’s going to happen in the months of June, July and August. Dealing with the energy crisis was a much better option than opting to install a metro bus system. If we had installed 4,000 wind turbines of one MW each, or established four solar parks of 1,000 MW each on a war footing, the shortfall would have ended long ago.
Air-Cdre (r) Azfar A Khan
Rawalpindi