Pakistan’s Ministry of Energy is to ditch a 300MW imported coal power plant plan in favour of a Chinese-installed solar plant, The News reports.
The Islamabad government wants to move away from imported power sources like the coal plant project in Gadwar, the report said, and instead add new capacity through local energy sources such as wind, solar and hydroelectric.
Read the full report: The News
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