{"id":73934,"date":"2021-02-06T09:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T04:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=73934"},"modified":"2021-02-04T17:20:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T12:20:34","slug":"agha-steel-to-get-pakistans-biggest-solar-power-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agha-steel-to-get-pakistans-biggest-solar-power-plant.html","title":{"rendered":"Agha Steel to install Pakistan\u2019s biggest solar power plant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Karachi: Agha Steel Industries has signed an agreement with Renewable Power Pvt Ltd to install the biggest solar power plant in the country, according to a news report published on February 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/steel-producers-request-govt-reduce-minimum-tax-rate.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steel producers request govt to reduce minimum tax rate<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This solar power plant will have the capacity to generate 2.25-megawatts and will be installed at Port Qasim, Karachi. Moreover, Meezan Bank has been chosen as the lead Islamic banking arranger to oversee the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per the official statement released by the Agha Steel Industries, the power <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/chinese-company-establish-steel-plant-rashakai-sez.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plant <\/a>will initiate a \u2018Green Steel Revolution\u2019 by helping in sustaining the country\u2019s energy mix and reducing the burden on the national grid. The project is also expected to reduce the carbon emission by 46,000 tonnes in 20 years of operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/issues-faced-by-steel-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PM directs ministries to address issues faced by steel sector, related industries<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The solar power plant that\u2019s being developed on a self-consumption basis is expected to generate 3.3 million units of clean and renewable energy annually \u2013 which will significantly dampen the carbon footprint of the steel manufacture. It was also highlighted that Agha Steel Industries is expanding to increase its rebar capacity from 250,000 tonnes per year to 650,000 tonnes per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agha Steel CEO Hussain Agha said that in line with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the company hopes to become the first green steel manufactures of the country to achieve \u2018zero reliance on fossil\u2019 fuels by 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Agha Steel Industries has signed an agreement with Renewable Power Pvt Ltd to install the biggest solar power plant in the country, according to a news report published on February 3. Read: Steel producers request govt to reduce minimum tax rate This solar power plant will have the capacity to generate 2.25-megawatts and will be installed at Port Qasim, Karachi. Moreover, Meezan Bank has been chosen as the lead Islamic banking arranger to oversee the project. As per the official statement released by the Agha Steel Industries, the power plant will initiate a \u2018Green Steel Revolution\u2019 by helping in sustaining the country\u2019s energy mix and reducing the burden on the national grid. The project is also expected to reduce the carbon emission by 46,000 tonnes in 20 years of operation. Read: PM directs ministries to address issues faced by steel sector, related industries The solar power plant that\u2019s being developed on a self-consumption basis is expected to generate 3.3 million units of clean and renewable energy annually \u2013 which will significantly dampen the carbon footprint of the steel manufacture. It was also highlighted that Agha Steel Industries is expanding to increase its rebar capacity from 250,000 tonnes per year&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":63768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[45135,45133,45134],"persona":[],"class_list":["post-73934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-developments","category-notices-announcements","tag-agha-steel-industries","tag-agha-steel-to-install-pakistans-biggest-solar-power-plant","tag-renewable-power-pvt-ltd","cat-15016-id","cat-15017-id"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Agha Steel to get Pakistan\u2019s biggest solar power plant - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Karachi: Agha Steel Industries has signed an agreement with Renewable Power Pvt Ltd to install the biggest solar power plant in the country, according to\" \/>\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\/agha-steel-to-get-pakistans-biggest-solar-power-plant.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Agha Steel to get Pakistan\u2019s biggest solar power plant - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Karachi: Agha Steel Industries has signed an agreement with Renewable Power Pvt Ltd to install the biggest solar power plant in the country, according to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/agha-steel-to-get-pakistans-biggest-solar-power-plant.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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