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Solar power for Pakistan’s Parliament House will save $millions

Pakistan Parliament House Going Solar, Renewable Energy News, 23 Jan 14  A 1.8 megawatt (MW) solar farm is being installed at the Parliament House building in Pakistan’s capital city Islamabad.

According to Trust.org, the USD $60 million project has been funded by the Chinese government; which also recently assisted in the preparation of a solar park project on over 10,000 acres that could ultimately host 1,000 MW of solar panel capacity.

The Parliament House project will not only save Pakistan’s government around a million dollars a year in electricity costs, it’s hoped the high profile array will also spur on broader adoption……http://www.energymatters.com.au/index.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=4138

January 24, 2014 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | decentralised, Pakistan