{"id":87229,"date":"2022-07-13T14:48:18","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=87229"},"modified":"2022-07-13T14:48:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T09:48:23","slug":"floating-solar-power-project-keenjhar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/floating-solar-power-project-keenjhar-lake.html","title":{"rendered":"Sindh to launch floating solar power project on Keenjhar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi: Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh disclosed that Sindh\u2019s first floating solar power project will be launched on Keenjhar Lake, according to news published in the leading newspaper on July 9.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sindh-to-energise-rural-areas-through-solar-energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sindh to energise rural areas through solar energy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the details, the solar power project will provide 500 MW of environmentally friendly electricity across the province. The minister mentioned that the work on the feasibility report is underway in full swing. He hoped that the project will start generating electricity within two years after all relevant approvals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh stated that the establishment of a power project on Keenjhar Lake will help control load shedding and promote tourism. He further added that the said project will help in creating employment opportunities in the province. Additionally, the minister revealed that the Letter of Intent (LoI) has been issued and the company concerned is expected to invest USD 40 million.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-loan-solar-power-project-tarbela.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WB approves PKR 56.7 bn loans for solar power project in Tarbela<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) shared the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wapda-floating-solar-plant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">country\u2019s first solar power project<\/a> in Ghazi Barotha and Tarbela barrages will be established. The said project will generate 300 MW of low-cost electricity.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi: Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh disclosed that Sindh\u2019s first floating solar power project will be launched on Keenjhar Lake, according to news published in the leading newspaper on July 9.\u00a0 Read: Sindh to energise rural areas through solar energy As per the details, the solar power project will provide 500 MW of environmentally friendly electricity across the province. The minister mentioned that the work on the feasibility report is underway in full swing. He hoped that the project will start generating electricity within two years after all relevant approvals.&nbsp; Moreover, Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh stated that the establishment of a power project on Keenjhar Lake will help control load shedding and promote tourism. He further added that the said project will help in creating employment opportunities in the province. Additionally, the minister revealed that the Letter of Intent (LoI) has been issued and the company concerned is expected to invest USD 40 million.\u00a0 Read: WB approves PKR 56.7 bn loans for solar power project in Tarbela Reportedly, the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) shared the country\u2019s first solar power project in Ghazi Barotha and Tarbela barrages will be established. The said project will generate 300 MW of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":85578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15181,15020],"tags":[53122,53123],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"category-social-developments","9":"tag-sindh-to-launch-floating-solar-power-project-on-keenjhar-lake","10":"tag-sindhs-first-floating-solar-power-project","11":"cat-15181-id","12":"cat-15020-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sindh to launch floating solar power project- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh disclosed that Sindh\u2019s first floating solar power project will be launched on Keenjhar Lake.....\u00a0\" \/>\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\/floating-solar-power-project-keenjhar-lake.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sindh to launch floating solar power project- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Sheikh disclosed that Sindh\u2019s first floating solar power project will be launched on Keenjhar Lake.....\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/floating-solar-power-project-keenjhar-lake.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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