Agreement for windmill power plants in Northern areas

ISLAMABAD: Agreement has been reached between UNDP and Alternative Energy Board for installing 103 small windmill power plants at a cost of 9.2 million dollars in Northern areas.

Chief Executive Office of the Alternative Energy Board and country director UNDP signed the agreement here.

These windmill plants will generate 15 megawatts of electricity.

On the occasion Federal Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf said up to 1,000 megawatts of electricity can be produced with the help of small windmill projects.

The government has plans to provide electricity to 100,030 villages, he said.