People urged to go solar

Sindh Energy Secretary Abu Bakar Ahmed Madani on Monday said domestic consumers should immediately install solar power systems to generate electricity on their own for their household needs.

He emphasised that solar energy had emerged as the most viable solution for the domestic consumers who had been upset by the ever-increasing cost of electricity provided by the power utilities.

He said the government was also under the obligation to promote the usage of alternative sources of power generation owing to its limitations to cut down the power tariff in the country. He said the power consumers in Sindh especially in its rural areas had started adopting the option of solar energy to get electricity for their homes and workplaces.

Madani expressed these remarks while speaking at the Huawei Fusion Solar Residential Summit Pakistan at a hotel, according to a statement issued on Monday.

Robin Xing, Huawei's Director Digital Power in Pakistan, said the Huawei had been involved in solar power ventures for residential, industrial consumers and for utility-scale projects. He said that solar energy was like God's gift to Pakistan as this was an enormous clean power resource available due to the ideal temperature and irradiation in the country.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28^th, 2021.