The HydroChina Dawood Wind Power Project is a

wind farm A wind farm or wind park, also called a wind power station or wind power plant, is a group of wind turbines in the same location used Wind power, to produce electricity. Wind farms vary in size from a small number of turbines to several hundre ...

which was developed as part of the

China–Pakistan Economic Corridor China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) (; ur, چین پاکستان اقتصادی راہداری) is a collection of infrastructure projects that are under construction throughout Pakistan beginning in 2013. Originally valued at $47 billi ...

's Early Harvest energy projects on 1,720 acres of

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is located in

Gharo Gharo ( sd, گھارو ') is a Town located in Thatta District, Sindh, Pakistan. Its population is about 2.000 families in 2017. It has large bazar for shopping of local communities, sits on the delta of the Indus River, its economy is based on ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

– approximately 80 kilometers east of

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

. It is being developed by the Chinese firm HydroChina. It is being developed by the Chinese firm HydroChina, and is expected to provide electricity to the Pakistani grid by August 2016. The plant will produce approximately 50

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of electricity upon completion, and will consist of 33

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each capable of generating 1.5 MW of electricity. Turbines will be sourced from China

Ming Yang Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited ("Ming Yang", ) is the largest private wind turbine manufacturer in China and the fifth largest overall in the country. The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 1 October 2010 to June 22, 2016 ...

Wind Power Group Limited and were jointly developed with the German firm aerodyn. Construction began in 2015, and the last turbine was installed on April 23, 2016. Electric generation is expected to commence in August 2016, It is expected that energy provided by the farm will be sufficient to provide electricity to some 100,000 households in the local area. Total costs for the project are expected to total $115 million, with financing provided by the

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC; ) is a Chinese multinational bank. Founded as a limited company on 1 January 1984, ICBC is a state-owned commercial bank. With capital provided by the Ministry of Finance of China, the ...

. Total power generation from this wind project is 49.5 MW

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