ISLAMABAD (APP) - Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf on Saturday said that government would generate additional electricity of 4,000 MW by the end of this year with the support of private sector. Addressing a press conference here after attending the signing ceremony of Energy Purchase Agreement of the country's first wind farm, set up by a Turkish company, the minister assured that there will be no loadshedding after Dec 2009 and the government will overcome power deficiency by completing all short-term projects within a year. He said the government has also initiated rental projects which is only way to have required energy within 11 months to overcome the power shortfall. He said 11 projects are being initiated while 12 projects are in pipeline, which will be started soon. He said the government was also working on enhancing the capacity of existing system while it was also considering its long-term projects like Diamir-Bhasha Dam, Neelum-Jhelum and Kohala Project. He said further studies would be carried out in areas where windmills can be installed including Kalar Kahar and Gharo. He said 20 MW electricity will be generated in Karachi through wastes and plant will be set up soon. The minister said a huge amount of 30 billion dollars was required for investment in power sector for generating required electricity of 15,000 MW by 2015 with share of 20 billion dollars from private sector. He said the ministry was in the process of adding fast track power to the system in addition to the up-coming new power generation projects for 2009. He congratulated Zorlu Enerji for undertaking the project that supports the government's derives towards greater exploitation of renewable energy resources. He said the agreement with Turkish company would pay way for more investment in energy sector. He said this project shows the Pakistan government's persistence at tapping indigenous renewable energy sources, as a strategy to meet growing energy needs. The minister said, "We need a relentless effort to harness our won energy resources." He said Pakistan is proud of its friendship with Turkey and thanked the Turkish firm for its assistance in helping Pakistan enter the era of wind energy. He said the signing of energy purchase agreement between the IPP and HESCO took the country further closer towards exploitation of its vast wind energy resource. Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan said that it was an important agreement that will encourage more investment in this sector by Turkish companies. "We are committed to work in Pakistan particularly in energy sector. Pakistan is a key country and we are making every effort to invest in every field." President Zorlu Enerji (Pvt) Ltd., Murat Sungar Bursa informed that the estimated cost of 50 MW project was $120m. He added the company was also considering furthering expanding the project up to 250MW. He said incentives offered by Pakistan's renewable energy policy was a major factor in the company's decision to invest here. He said that capacity of the wind farm would be enhanced upon successful completion of 50 MW phase. Zorlu Enerji was the first company to establish wind farm for power generation in Pakistan after signing Energy Purchase Agreement with Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation for purchase of six MW electricity generated at the company's facility in Jhimpir. NEPRA has awarded tariff of US cents 12.1057 Per KWH, which is cheaper than the electricity generated from thermal sources. The power generated from the first phase would be evacuated to Jhimpir gird station by HESCO and would be sufficient to electrify 6,900 homes in Hyderabad region. The Zorlu Enerji wind farm would be one of the cleanest power plants in the country displacing 10,500 tones of carbon dioxide every year, as compared to a fossil fuel power plant. Harnessing the strong winds coming from South West, the wind farm is first commercial wind power project of the country, comprising five towers in the first phase with an installed capacity of 1.2MW wind turbine generator per tower. The project which in subsequent phases would be expanded to a 50 MW wind farm is currently using gearless vensys 62 with 1.2 MW technology. Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) facilitated the setting up of the wind farm by assisting ZEPL in leasing the land from Sindh government, development of feasibility study, tariff determination and acquisition of generation license, verification of power production numbers, and drafting, reviewing and finalization of project documents including Energy purchase Agreement (EPA), Implementation Agreement (IA), and measuring protocols. The wind data of Pakistan has been collected from Pakistan Metrological Department and analysed by AEDB. As per the collected data, the coastal belt of Pakistan wind corridor is 60 Km wide gharo-Keti Bandar and 180 Km long up to Hyderabad. This corridor has the exploitable potential of 50,000 MW of electricity generation through wind energy.