{"id":87880,"date":"2022-08-10T15:16:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T10:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=87880"},"modified":"2022-08-10T15:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T10:16:52","slug":"wb-hydropower-projects-swat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-hydropower-projects-swat.html","title":{"rendered":"WB to fund hydropower projects in Swat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad:\u00a0 The World Bank (WB) will fund the construction of two hydroelectric power projects in the Swat district this year, news sources reported. The projects include Maiden Hydropower Project (with a power generation capacity of 157 megawatts (MW)) and Gabral Kalam Hydropower Project (with a power generation capacity of 88 MW).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-usd-85-mn-low-cost-housing-finance.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"86660\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank to offer USD 85 mn for low-cost housing finance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reportedly, the announcement was made by WB Senior Energy Specialist Muhammad Saqib during a meeting with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization. It was announced that WB will offer USD 450 million to the provincial government, which will be used for the construction and operations of the hydroelectric projects. In addition, once completed in 2027, the project will earn a net income of PKR 13 billion annually for the provincial government of KP. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-port-construction-sonmiani.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"81309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank suggests building new port in Balochistan to address demand<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also worth noting that the World Bank is supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-to-install-floating-solar-panels-on-water-reservoirs-canals.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"58252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">floating solar energy project<\/a> in partnership with the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). The initiative will be the country&#8217;s first of its kind to address energy-related issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad:\u00a0 The World Bank (WB) will fund the construction of two hydroelectric power projects in the Swat district this year, news sources reported. The projects include Maiden Hydropower Project (with a power generation capacity of 157 megawatts (MW)) and Gabral Kalam Hydropower Project (with a power generation capacity of 88 MW). Read: World Bank to offer USD 85 mn for low-cost housing finance Reportedly, the announcement was made by WB Senior Energy Specialist Muhammad Saqib during a meeting with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organization. It was announced that WB will offer USD 450 million to the provincial government, which will be used for the construction and operations of the hydroelectric projects. In addition, once completed in 2027, the project will earn a net income of PKR 13 billion annually for the provincial government of KP. Read: World Bank suggests building new port in Balochistan to address demand It is also worth noting that the World Bank is supporting a floating solar energy project in partnership with the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA). The initiative will be the country&#8217;s first of its kind to address energy-related issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":61439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[53517,53515,53516],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-swat-hydroelectric-power-stattion","9":"tag-wb-to-fund-hydropower-projects-in-swat","10":"tag-world-bank-swat-project","11":"cat-20385-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>WB to fund hydropower projects in Swat - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad:\u00a0 The World Bank (WB) will fund the construction of two hydroelectric power projects in the Swat district this year, news sources reported. 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