Rural electrification through renewable and off-grid solutions
As part of its planned measures to meet Pakistan’s energy challenge, the PTI vows in its manifesto to "complete rural electrification through renewable and off-grid solutions".
Source: PTI Manifesto 2018
Updates:
March 26, 2022: Solar net-metering connections being provided on priority: Nepra (read details)
March 14, 2022: Govt to launch electrification of 600,000 households project through microgrids and individual solar home systems (read details)
March 11, 2022: Cheaper bank loans fuel conversion of tube-wells to solar power (read details)
Jan 24, 2022: Solar plants to be installed in 528 villages: Punjab CM (read details)
Jan 3, 2022: Imposition of 17pc tax on solar energy equipment assailed (read details)
Dec 22, 2021: Work on two hydropower projects in Swat from next year (read details)
Dec 8, 2021: 13 grid stations under construction in merged districts (read details)
Dec 6, 2021: Nowshera project matches clean energy plans (read details)
Nov 3, 2021: IAEA chief lauds Pakistan for pursuing clean energy goals (read details)
Oct 11, 2021: SBP eases terms for renewable energy financing (read details)
Sept 30, 2021: Mega solar power plant to be set up in Bahawalpur: CM (read details)
Sept 15, 2021: Nepra orders inclusion of hydropower in renewable energy category (read details)
June 4, 2021: Nepra for expanding renewable energy footprint to 30pc (read details)
May 4, 2021: State Bank gives Rs36bn financing for renewable energy adoption (read details)
April 12, 2021: Work to be launched on 672 micro hydel power projects in KP (read details)
March 30, 2021: ADB okays $300m for hydropower plant in KP (read details)
February 19, 2021: Ban on Iesco connections in rural areas goes (read details)
February 5, 2021: Punjab plans 5,000MW power generation by 2024 (read details)
January 3, 2021: PM’s help sought for approval of wind, solar energy projects (read details)
December 12, 2020: 60pc of Pakistan's energy will be 'clean' by 2030: PM Imran (read details)
September 7, 2020: Australian company keen to invest in Pakistan’s renewable energy sector (read details)
September 3, 2020: Punjab govt green-lights Rs10bn solar project (read details)
August 12, 2020: Alternative energy policy unveiled (read details)
July 22, 2020: SBP doubles financing for wind, solar energy (read details)
July 13, 2020: Rs2bn being spent to upgrade electricity infrastructure in merged districts of KP: Omar (read details)
July 5, 2020: 27-year power generation plan ignores local energy resources (read details)
March 26, 2020: Wind projects of 660MW likely to start generation by Dec 2021 (read details)
March 8, 2020: Cabinet to take up CDA’s summary to lift ban on utility connections (read details)
February 26, 2020: NTDC gets Rs6.4bn loan for wind energy (read details)
January 13, 2020: Saudi Arabian company likely to invest $4bn in renewable energy sector (read details)
January 9, 2020: Power tariff for tubewells in Islamabad to be revised, NA told (read details)
December 13, 2019: Pakistan, Germany ink financing agreement for Hydropower, Renewable Energy Phase-II (read details)
October 21, 2019: Balochistan plans big shift to solar energy, says Kamal (read details)
October 19, 2020: 306kv hydropower project inaugurated in Chitral (read details)
September 28, 2019: Solar project launched to electrify 10,000 houses across country (read details)
September 27, 2019: Buzdar inaugurates 2.82 MW hydropower project in Pakpattan (read details)
May 09, 2019: 29,000 tube-wells in Balochistan likely to run on solar energy (read details)
May 04, 2019: CDA told to exempt rural residents from ban on utility connections without NOCs (read details)
March 30, 2019: Canadian firm keen to install solar projects in Punjab: CM (read details)
Jan 29, 2019: Taxes on solar, wind power equipment may be waived to boost production (read details)
Dec 07, 2018: Law being amended to hand over KP's micro-power projects for electrification of remote and off-grid areas to their respective communities (read details)
Nov 18, 2018: South Punjab villages get electricity after 71 years (read details)