ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan said on Thursday that the government had decided to announce national solar energy policy to deal with energy issues in the country on August 1, 2022.
He was addressing a press conference, after a meeting of Renewable Energy Task Force presided over by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. The enforcement of this policy will be linked to the approval by Council of Common Interests (CCI).
According to the policy, solar power plants with seven thermal plants will be installed where pre-existing space and transmission lines are available. Solar policy will help reduce the cost of electricity. Solar policy has been drafted by the Task Force headed by former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
The Minister said the government had also decided to install one megawatta solar power stations where space was available at the feeders across the…