{"id":57635,"date":"2019-11-16T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T05:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/blog\/?p=57635"},"modified":"2019-11-15T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T10:25:26","slug":"sindh-govt-wb-launch-mega-renewable-energy-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-wb-launch-mega-renewable-energy-project.html","title":{"rendered":"Sindh govt, WB to launch mega renewable energy project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh government has announced its decision to launch a \u2018Sindh Solar Energy Project\u2019 (SSEP) in collaboration with the World Bank (WB), a news source reported. As per officials, the provincial executive aims to provide electricity supplies to consumers at affordable rates.<\/p>\n<p>Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh expressed his views on the matter during an SSEP session held on Thursday. He said that this WB-funded solar energy project would be developed at a cost of USD 100 million.<\/p>\n<p>It has the following components:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Installation of solar systems on all government building rooftops in Karachi and Hyderabad.<\/li>\n<li>Installation of solar home systems (through off-grid method) in 200,000 rural households of the province.<\/li>\n<li>Installation of a 400-MW, the utility-scale solar power system in the province.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>The consultants for the execution of all three components have already been chosen and the development work of the three components will be executed simultaneously. The project is expected to be completed in five years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-install-solar-backed-water-purifiers-schools-hospitals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sindh govt to install solar-backed water purifiers in schools, hospitals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This project will benefit each Pakistani by decreasing the basket price of electricity for the consumers, said the energy minister. He added that this project was launched with an aim to utilise Sindh\u2019s generous natural resources and generate maximum renewable electricity. A formal launch ceremony would take place soon, added the minister.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the provincial government announced it had commenced with the extraction of coal reserves in Thar for power generation. The first 660 MW project under this extraction scheme will become operational in the existing year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-eliminate-taxes-on-solar-wind-power-equipment.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Govt to eliminate taxes on solar &amp; wind power equipment<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The minister further stated the provincial government had been assisting the officials concerned with the establishment of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-to-energise-dhabeji-sez-using-wind-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wind energy facility <\/a>in the Gharo-Jhimpir corridor. Moreover, he said that the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) had awarded a licence to the Sindh Transmission &amp; Dispatch Company to operate a provincial grid firm. The company will install its own transmission lines and construct grid station for the provision of power from the planned renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: The Sindh government has announced its decision to launch a \u2018Sindh Solar Energy Project\u2019 (SSEP) in collaboration with the World Bank (WB), a news source reported. As per officials, the provincial executive aims to provide electricity supplies to consumers at affordable rates. Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh expressed his views on the matter during an SSEP session held on Thursday. He said that this WB-funded solar energy project would be developed at a cost of USD 100 million. It has the following components: Installation of solar systems on all government building rooftops in Karachi and Hyderabad. Installation of solar home systems (through off-grid method) in 200,000 rural households of the province. Installation of a 400-MW, the utility-scale solar power system in the province. The consultants for the execution of all three components have already been chosen and the development work of the three components will be executed simultaneously. The project is expected to be completed in five years. Read:\u00a0Sindh govt to install solar-backed water purifiers in schools, hospitals This project will benefit each Pakistani by decreasing the basket price of electricity for the consumers, said the energy minister. He added that this project was launched with an aim to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":5951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13980],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-57635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"tag-details-on-sindh-govt-wb-to-launch-mega-renewable-energy-project"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sindh govt, WB to launch mega renewable energy project - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh government has announced its decision to launch a \u2018Sindh Solar Energy Project\u2019 (SSEP) in collaboration with the World Bank (WB), a news\" \/>\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\/sindh-govt-wb-launch-mega-renewable-energy-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sindh govt, WB to launch mega renewable energy project - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: The Sindh government has announced its decision to launch a \u2018Sindh Solar Energy Project\u2019 (SSEP) in collaboration with the World Bank (WB), a news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-govt-wb-launch-mega-renewable-energy-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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