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Zorlu Energy Group approves IPEK energy as Owners Engineer

Zorlu Energy Group from Turkey continues to rely on the services of IPEK energy GmbH. After the successful realisation of Phase-I with 6 MW capacity at Wind Farm ZORLU in Pakistan IPEK energy is proud to be approved with the appointment as “owners engineer” for the second phase of the Wind Farm Project in Pakistan. The appointment comprises supervision of all construction and installation works at site as well as supervision of the wind turbines commissioning.

Phase-II with a total capacity of 50.4 MW is going to be operated with wind turbines from the Danish manufacturer Vestas. IPEK energy will monitor the implementation of the 28 Vestas’ V90-1.8 MW turbines at WF Zorlu in Jhimpir, Pakistan. The delivery of the wind turbines is scheduled to start in the first half of 2012 whereas the whole wind power project is expected to be completed by the end of January 2013.

The whole wind farm with a total capacity of 56.4 MW is the first of its kind in Pakistan and it will have an estimated annual production of 159,000 MWh per year, which corresponds to the residential electricity consumption of approx. 350,000 persons in Pakistan. Moreover, the wind farm will save the environment from more than 90,000 tons of CO2 emissions on an annual basis.