{"id":61789,"date":"2020-02-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=61789"},"modified":"2020-02-21T17:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T12:54:49","slug":"ten-universities-run-solar-energy-punjab-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ten-universities-run-solar-energy-punjab-governor.html","title":{"rendered":"Ten universities to run on solar energy: Punjab Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Ten major universities in Punjab will switch to solar energy during the first phase of the project pertaining to the installation of alternative energy source in these institutes, a news source reported. Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar revealed this information during a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony; held between the Energy Department and the Punjab University (PU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/solarisation-punjabs-11000-schools-completed-this-month.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Solarisation of Punjab\u2019s 11,000 schools to be completed this month (opens in a new tab)\">Solarisation of Punjab\u2019s 11,000 schools to be completed this month<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agreement finalised pertained to the conversion of\nenergy source in the university to solar power. Following the implementation of\nthis initiative, PU will be included among the first 10 universities in the\ncountry to complete the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarwar said that this project would help the government save PKR 256 million on an annual basis and a sum of PKR 6.41 billion during the coming 25 years. He expressed his hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/qatar-to-invest-usd-3-bn-in-pakistan.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Qatar  (opens in a new tab)\">Qatar <\/a>and other countries would provide support for this project. He revealed that the officials concerned would hold a meeting with representatives of private universities to resolve any matters pertaining to their sub-campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor revealed that all universities in Punjab would have an independent electricity system, and private institutions would make the initial investments for this purpose. He said that this project would ensure the provision of inexpensive electricity to the universities. He added that the electricity stored would be added to the national grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/us-firm-plans-invest-pakistans-solar-energy-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"US firm plans to invest in Pakistan\u2019s solar energy sector (opens in a new tab)\">US firm plans to invest in Pakistan\u2019s solar energy sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Usman\nBuzdar had provided his approval to the conversion of public sector departments\nto solar energy. The governor revealed that power generation through solar\nwould also help reduce oil import bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Ten major universities in Punjab will switch to solar energy during the first phase of the project pertaining to the installation of alternative energy source in these institutes, a news source reported. Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar revealed this information during a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony; held between the Energy Department and the Punjab University (PU). Read: Solarisation of Punjab\u2019s 11,000 schools to be completed this month The agreement finalised pertained to the conversion of energy source in the university to solar power. Following the implementation of this initiative, PU will be included among the first 10 universities in the country to complete the project. Sarwar said that this project would help the government save PKR 256 million on an annual basis and a sum of PKR 6.41 billion during the coming 25 years. He expressed his hope that Qatar and other countries would provide support for this project. He revealed that the officials concerned would hold a meeting with representatives of private universities to resolve any matters pertaining to their sub-campuses. The governor revealed that all universities in Punjab would have an independent electricity system, and private institutions would make the initial investments for this purpose.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":60804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15012,15016],"tags":[20530,1008,20532,7919,20531],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-61789","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-allied-industries","8":"category-new-developments","9":"tag-details-on-ten-universities-to-run-on-solar-energy-punjab-governor","10":"tag-punjab","11":"tag-punjab-governor","12":"tag-punjab-university","13":"tag-solar-energy","14":"cat-15012-id","15":"cat-15016-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ten universities to run on solar energy: Punjab Governor - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ten major universities in Punjab will switch to solar energy during the first phase of the project pertaining to the installation of alternative energy source in these institutes.\" \/>\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\/ten-universities-run-solar-energy-punjab-governor.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ten universities to run on solar energy: Punjab Governor - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ten major universities in Punjab will switch to solar energy during the first phase of the project pertaining to the installation of alternative energy source in these institutes.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ten-universities-run-solar-energy-punjab-governor.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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