{"id":95611,"date":"2023-11-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=95611"},"modified":"2023-11-24T17:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T12:39:53","slug":"kp-saves-pakistan-million-using-solar-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-saves-pakistan-million-using-solar-energy.html","title":{"rendered":"KP saves PKR 840mn on electricity bills via solar energy projects, launches 9 more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has saved approximately PKR 840 million in electricity bills through solar energy projects and the province is actively pursuing nine solar energy projects, including in merged districts, according to news published in the leading newspaper on November 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-govt-issues-bn-pkr-budget-brt-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP govt invests PKR 1 billion to upgrade BRT Services<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Executive Officer of Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) Engineer Naeem Khan shared that efforts are underway on nine solar energy projects. He went on to say that the solar energy exhibition in Peshawar is dedicated to promoting and developing solar energy and will contribute to addressing the ongoing energy crisis in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the exhibition&#8217;s initial two days, Engineer Naeem, accompanied by Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmad Khan, emphasized the successful conversion of key government facilities like the Civil Secretariat, Chief Minister\u2019s House, and Chief Minister\u2019s Secretariat to solar power. He also revealed substantial progress in solarizing 8,000 schools, 187 Basic Health Units, and 4,000 mosques. In the merged districts, 100 villages, including 300 mosques, had been solarized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-web-portal-for-trade.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KP launches \u2018GoBiz Connect\u2019 web portal for trade<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ongoing efforts include extending solar energy to schools in merged districts and equipping 7,000 mosques and worship places in settled districts. Additionally, 312 mini micro hydropower projects have been completed in phase one in underdeveloped districts, with plans for 291 more under phase two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peshawar: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has saved approximately PKR 840 million in electricity bills through solar energy projects and the province is actively pursuing nine solar energy projects, including in merged districts, according to news published in the leading newspaper on November 23. Read: KP govt invests PKR 1 billion to upgrade BRT Services Chief Executive Officer of Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Organisation (PEDO) Engineer Naeem Khan shared that efforts are underway on nine solar energy projects. He went on to say that the solar energy exhibition in Peshawar is dedicated to promoting and developing solar energy and will contribute to addressing the ongoing energy crisis in the country. During the exhibition&#8217;s initial two days, Engineer Naeem, accompanied by Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmad Khan, emphasized the successful conversion of key government facilities like the Civil Secretariat, Chief Minister\u2019s House, and Chief Minister\u2019s Secretariat to solar power. He also revealed substantial progress in solarizing 8,000 schools, 187 Basic Health Units, and 4,000 mosques. In the merged districts, 100 villages, including 300 mosques, had been solarized. Read: KP launches \u2018GoBiz Connect\u2019 web portal for trade Ongoing efforts include extending solar energy to schools in merged districts and equipping 7,000 mosques and worship&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":94259,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20385],"tags":[19374,14658],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-95611","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-development-projects","8":"tag-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-kp","9":"tag-kp-govt-prioritises-infrastructure","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>KP Saves Pakistan Million Using Solar Energy - Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) achieves substantial savings of PKR 840 million in electricity bills through successful solar energy projects.\" \/>\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\/kp-saves-pakistan-million-using-solar-energy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"KP Saves Pakistan Million Using Solar Energy - Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) achieves substantial savings of PKR 840 million in electricity bills through successful solar energy projects.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/kp-saves-pakistan-million-using-solar-energy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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