Punjab energy minister Dr Akhtar Malik on Wednesday laid the foundation stone of Zhenfa Solar Power Project at tahsil Chaubara, district Layyah, promising a generation cost of only Rs5.80 per unit and taking another step forward to transforming Punjab into a solar province.
The formal ground-breaking ceremony of the 100-megawatt solar power project was held on Wednesday after it was delayed for some time due to the coronavirus epidemic.
"I have already declared Punjab as a solar province," the minister said while addressing the ceremony. He added that the Zhenfa solar power plant was the cheapest power generation facility to feed power to the national grid and would produce electricity at per unit cost of only Rs5.80, far below the Rs25 per unit projects installed by the previous government.
He said the project would turn out to be a game-changer for the area and its population pleading that Chaubara would be declared as a special economic zone after the solar plant becomes operational.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 4th, 2021.
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