{"id":88396,"date":"2022-09-02T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=88396"},"modified":"2022-09-02T17:56:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T12:56:56","slug":"pm-mega-solar-power-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-mega-solar-power-project.html","title":{"rendered":"PM greenlight mega solar power project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (September 1) gave approval for the contraction of a 10,000-megawatt solar energy project, news sources reported. Solar power will be built on an urgent basis to provide relief to consumers from high energy bills.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-plans-solarise-orange-line-metro-train.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"88058\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab plans to solarise Orange Line Metro Train<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Prime Minister&#8217;s Office (PMO) confirmed the news on Twitter and the timetable for the project&#8217;s pre-qualification bid meeting. PM Shehbaz directed that work on solar power projects start right away. He also ordered a pre-bid conference for all parties in the second week of September. It was also announced that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-national-solar-energy-policy-next-month.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"87216\" target=\"_blank\">solar electricity<\/a> will be distributed to government buildings, electric and diesel-powered tube wells, and low-unit residential consumers in the first phase. Similarly, the government will gradually shift away from expensive fossil fuel-based energy infrastructure and toward ecologically friendly energy sources like solar and wind power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"twitter_widget_wrapper alia_embed_wrapper\"><div class=\"twitter_widget_border\"><!--ALIA start embed content--><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As part of a plan to generate 10,000 MW solar power, we decided today to call pre-bid conference of all stakeholders next week. Govt buildings &amp; tube wells running on diesel will be shifted to solar.Power plants operating on diesel, coal &amp; furnace oill will be partially replaced.<\/p>&mdash; Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMShehbaz\/status\/1565342625557016576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><!--AliA end embed content--><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/world-bank-to-loan-usd-100-million-for-sindh-solar-energy.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"36911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">World Bank to loan USD 100 million for Sindh solar energy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also vital to highlight that the country is struggling from a massive energy shortage, with power plants closing down due to rising energy costs and international price increases. The government promised consumer assistance to compensate for the highest inflation rate since 1973. Solar energy projects, according to experts, will be less expensive for the government to run.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (September 1) gave approval for the contraction of a 10,000-megawatt solar energy project, news sources reported. Solar power will be built on an urgent basis to provide relief to consumers from high energy bills.&nbsp; Read: Punjab plans to solarise Orange Line Metro Train The Prime Minister&#8217;s Office (PMO) confirmed the news on Twitter and the timetable for the project&#8217;s pre-qualification bid meeting. PM Shehbaz directed that work on solar power projects start right away. He also ordered a pre-bid conference for all parties in the second week of September. It was also announced that solar electricity will be distributed to government buildings, electric and diesel-powered tube wells, and low-unit residential consumers in the first phase. Similarly, the government will gradually shift away from expensive fossil fuel-based energy infrastructure and toward ecologically friendly energy sources like solar and wind power. Read: World Bank to loan USD 100 million for Sindh solar energy It is also vital to highlight that the country is struggling from a massive energy shortage, with power plants closing down due to rising energy costs and international price increases. The government promised consumer assistance to compensate for the highest inflation&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":64996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15017],"tags":[20531,53858,5422],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88396","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-notices-announcements","8":"tag-solar-energy","9":"tag-solar-energy-solar-power-plants","10":"tag-solar-powered-plant","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>PM greenlight mega solar power project- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (September 1) gave approval for the contraction of a 10,000-megawatt solar energy project, news\" \/>\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\/pm-mega-solar-power-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PM greenlight mega solar power project- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islamabad: Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday (September 1) gave approval for the contraction of a 10,000-megawatt solar energy project, news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pm-mega-solar-power-project.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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