Summary Project launched with help of German companies has potential to generate 500MW electricity.
BAHAWALPUR (Online) - The Punjab government, in collaboration with German companies, has launched a solar power project for Cholistan here on Monday.
An official of Cholistan Development Authority talking to state-run radio said that it has the potential to generate more than five hundred megawatts of electricity within a year. He said that in the first phase the work is in progress to generate fifty megawatts over an area of two hundred and fifty acres of barren land of Cholistan Desert.
He further stated that the his institution had allocated about five thousand acres in various pockets of the vast desert of Cholistan to Punjab Energy Department for the establishment of three solar power projects with the investment of German companies.
Responding to a question‚ he said that the power generated by these solar projects would be added to the national grid from where the federal and Punjab governments under the set ratio of sixty and forty per cent could get electricity for their consumers.
He said that a consortium of three companies had been formed to set up this mega solar power project which would cost one billion dollar and is expected to be completed by next year. He said only foreign capital would be invested and the Punjab government would not share any financial burden. He further stated that half million solar panels would be used to generate about seven hundred MW.
Responding to another question‚ he said the consortium had established a school in Lahore‚ where training is being imparting to young people for the successful completion of the project. He told that it is a unique project which would help the country come out of dark times and also would usher an era of prosperity for Cholistan.
