Pakistan’s Punjab government approves 700MW solar plan

Sep 3, 2013 - Lucy Woods - pv-tech.org

The Energy Council approved plans for 700MW of PV projects this weekend. The council was formed to address the Punjab's energy crisis. Picture: Mian Shahbaz Sharif.

"Plans to develop 700MW of desert PV capacity in Punjab, Pakistan, have been approved.

The fourth meeting of the newly formed Energy Council of Punjab rubber-stamped plans for the Quaid-e-Azam solar park 'master plan' last weekend.

The Punjab government aims to install, from its own resources, a 700MW series of solar projects, according to Punjab chief minister Mian Shahbaz Sharif. It has set up a state-owned company, the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Co., to deliver the projects..."

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