{"id":82178,"date":"2021-12-12T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=82178"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:38:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T10:38:12","slug":"punjab-power-consumption-shift-solar-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-power-consumption-shift-solar-energy.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab to shift 60% power consumption to solar energy by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: Minister for Local Government and Community Development Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed on Tuesday (December 8) unveiled that the Punjab government plans to shift 60% of power consumption to solar energy by 2030, according to media reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hospitals-in-punjab-solarized.html\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/hospitals-in-punjab-solarized.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All new universities and hospitals in Punjab to be solarized<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister, during a solar power day seminar, stated that the government has already started to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/public-schools-in-punjab-to-be-shifted-on-solar-power.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convert educational institutions<\/a>, universities, and industrial units to solar energy in Punjab. He appreciated the efforts of locals who were converting mosques to solar energy. Minister Rasheed further added that the government has implemented an effective solar power policy on subsidised rates, to encourage consumers to move towards renewable energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Punjab Public Private Partnership Chief Executive Amjad Ali Awan stated that now is the time to benefit from solar energy as the capital cost has been reduced by 80% since it was introduced in Pakistan.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/ptegp-invites-bids-for-solar-power-energy-systems.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PTEGP invites bids for Solar Power Energy Systems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping in line with the recent commitment to achieving the target of green Pakistan at COP26, Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General (DG) Ambreen Sajjad stated that the government has launched two projects under Punjab Ujala Program to reduce carbon footprint and control pollution. Under this initiative, 2,327 Basic Health Units (BHUs) and 4,200 schools were shifted to solar energy.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: Minister for Local Government and Community Development Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed on Tuesday (December 8) unveiled that the Punjab government plans to shift 60% of power consumption to solar energy by 2030, according to media reports.\u00a0 Read: All new universities and hospitals in Punjab to be solarized The minister, during a solar power day seminar, stated that the government has already started to convert educational institutions, universities, and industrial units to solar energy in Punjab. He appreciated the efforts of locals who were converting mosques to solar energy. Minister Rasheed further added that the government has implemented an effective solar power policy on subsidised rates, to encourage consumers to move towards renewable energy.\u00a0 Moreover, Punjab Public Private Partnership Chief Executive Amjad Ali Awan stated that now is the time to benefit from solar energy as the capital cost has been reduced by 80% since it was introduced in Pakistan.\u00a0 Read: PTEGP invites bids for Solar Power Energy Systems Keeping in line with the recent commitment to achieving the target of green Pakistan at COP26, Punjab Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Director-General (DG) Ambreen Sajjad stated that the government has launched two projects under Punjab Ujala Program to reduce carbon footprint and control&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[49959,49956,6084],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82178","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-power-consumption-shifted-to-solar-energy","9":"tag-punjab-to-shift-60-power-consumption-to-solar-energy-by-2030","10":"tag-renewable-energy","11":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Punjab to shift 60% power consumption to solar energy- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister for Local Government and Community Development Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed on Tuesday (December 8) unveiled that the Punjab government plans....\" \/>\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\/punjab-power-consumption-shift-solar-energy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Punjab to shift 60% power consumption to solar energy- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister for Local Government and Community Development Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed on Tuesday (December 8) unveiled that the Punjab government plans....\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-power-consumption-shift-solar-energy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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