{"id":52095,"date":"2019-05-15T12:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=52095"},"modified":"2019-05-15T12:54:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T07:54:35","slug":"pakistan-scores-third-spot-on-hydel-power-growth-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-scores-third-spot-on-hydel-power-growth-list.html","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan scores third spot on hydel power growth list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has ranked Pakistan as the third best country in the world\u2013among the top 20 countries considered\u2013in terms of hydel power adoption; for its newly established hydropower capacity of 2018, a news source reported.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/work-underway-for-small-hydel-projects.html\">Work underway for small hydel projects<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IHA, which is a United Kingdom-based firm, announced the global rankings in its recently issued \u20182019: Hydropower Status Report \u2014 Sector Trends and Insights\u2019 publication.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation was formed under the auspices of UNESCO in 1995. It serves as a platform to promote operational best practices related to the hydropower industry, and aims for the continuous improvement of the sector.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IHA report, Pakistan added 2,487MW of hydel electricity to its national grid last year. China and Brazil clinched the first two spots by adding 8,540MW and 3,866MW to their systems, respectively.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/biomass-based-thermal-power-project-on-the-cards.html\">Biomass-based thermal power project on the cards<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moreover, the report places neighbouring India at the 8th position after the country recently added 535MW of hydel electricity to its system. Turkey (1,085MW) and Angola (668MW) attained the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has ranked Pakistan as the third best country in the world\u2013among the top 20 countries considered\u2013in terms of hydel power adoption; for its newly established hydropower capacity of 2018, a news source reported. Read: Work underway for small hydel projects IHA, which is a United Kingdom-based firm, announced the global rankings in its recently issued \u20182019: Hydropower Status Report \u2014 Sector Trends and Insights\u2019 publication. The organisation was formed under the auspices of UNESCO in 1995. It serves as a platform to promote operational best practices related to the hydropower industry, and aims for the continuous improvement of the sector. According to the IHA report, Pakistan added 2,487MW of hydel electricity to its national grid last year. China and Brazil clinched the first two spots by adding 8,540MW and 3,866MW to their systems, respectively. Read: Biomass-based thermal power project on the cards Moreover, the report places neighbouring India at the 8th position after the country recently added 535MW of hydel electricity to its system. Turkey (1,085MW) and Angola (668MW) attained the fourth and fifth spots, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":34136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11639],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-52095","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-pakistan-scores-third-spot-on-hydel-power-growth-list"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pakistan scores third spot on hydel power growth list - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lahore: The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has ranked Pakistan as the third best country in the world\u2013among the top 20 countries considered\u2013in\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-scores-third-spot-on-hydel-power-growth-list.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pakistan scores third spot on hydel power growth list - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lahore: The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has ranked Pakistan as the third best country in the world\u2013among the top 20 countries considered\u2013in\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistan-scores-third-spot-on-hydel-power-growth-list.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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