{"id":92960,"date":"2023-03-13T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T07:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=92960"},"modified":"2023-03-13T12:42:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T07:42:29","slug":"pakistans-green-energy-potential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-green-energy-potential.html","title":{"rendered":"German think tank predicts Pakistan\u2019s green power generation potential in coming years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Islamabad: Agora Energiewende, a Germany-based think tank, has indicated that Pakistan has the potential to generate at least 33,000 megawatts (MW) of green energy (solar and wind power), or more than 48% of the planned electricity production of nearly 70,000 MW in the next 10 years, news sources reported on March 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/foundation-stone-for-green-energy-projects-phase-iii-in-gwadar-laid.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Foundation stone for Green Energy Project\u2019s Phase III in Gwadar laid<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report has explored the avenues of renewable green energy sources and their potential in the overall energy mix of the country. The report has highlighted the resulting cost savings of 15% and emissions savings of almost 50% that will occur if new<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/german-firm-waste-energy-project-lahore.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> energy sources other than fossil fuels <\/a>are explored. The report recommends that Pakistan needs to pursue a more ambitious plan to tap into its variable renewable energy potential, as it can generate 70,000 MW through wind and solar power in the next decade, which should be included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/wb-provide-loan-green-development-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Transmission &amp; Despatch Company&#8217;s (NTDC)<\/a> 10-year Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCET).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study also suggests pursuing a strategic reinforcement of road infrastructure and implementing a stringent and localised annual tender plan for auctioning out the 33,000 MW of solar and wind power over the life of the NTDC plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/sbp-green-energy-housing-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Academia calls on SBP to fund green energy in the housing sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report has highlighted that the change in energy security will help in reducing Pakistan\u2019s over-reliance on imported fuel that has historically jeopardised the country\u2019s independent security and policy arrangements in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Agora Energiewende, a Germany-based think tank, has indicated that Pakistan has the potential to generate at least 33,000 megawatts (MW) of green energy (solar and wind power), or more than 48% of the planned electricity production of nearly 70,000 MW in the next 10 years, news sources reported on March 12. Read: Foundation stone for Green Energy Project\u2019s Phase III in Gwadar laid The report has explored the avenues of renewable green energy sources and their potential in the overall energy mix of the country. The report has highlighted the resulting cost savings of 15% and emissions savings of almost 50% that will occur if new energy sources other than fossil fuels are explored. The report recommends that Pakistan needs to pursue a more ambitious plan to tap into its variable renewable energy potential, as it can generate 70,000 MW through wind and solar power in the next decade, which should be included in the National Transmission &amp; Despatch Company&#8217;s (NTDC) 10-year Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCET). The study also suggests pursuing a strategic reinforcement of road infrastructure and implementing a stringent and localised annual tender plan for auctioning out the 33,000 MW of solar and wind power&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":62868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[56704,56703],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-92960","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-emergy-requirements-pakistan","9":"tag-german-think-tank-predicts-pakistans-green-power-generation-potential-in-coming-years","10":"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>Report predicts Pakistan\u2019s green energy potential- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Agora Energiewende has indicated that Pakistan has the potential to generate at least 33,000 megawatts (MW) of green energy\" \/>\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\/pakistans-green-energy-potential.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report predicts Pakistan\u2019s green energy potential- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Agora Energiewende has indicated that Pakistan has the potential to generate at least 33,000 megawatts (MW) of green energy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/pakistans-green-energy-potential.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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