LAHORE: A Chinese delegation has called on Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif and agreed to work on 900MW solar power project in Bahawalpur.
According to Radio Pakistan, Shahbaz Sharif pointed out that the Quaid-i-Azam Solar Park is the part of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will be completed with the help of Beijing. He said the project will be completed by 2016, while 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity will be generated from the power park by the end of this year.
Shahbaz also said the Chinese company will be provided all possible facilities for timely completion of the project as per the best international standards. In the first phase, at least 0.5 million solar panels were installed in three blocks over 500 acres of the solar park land.
Earlier, the infrastructure for the park, including a boundary wall, buildings and roads were constructed while water was taken to the site from a nearby canal. The construction work of the first phase of 100MW had been completed earlier in the year.
The second and third units of the solar park comprise 300MW and 600MW, respectively. The work on these two units had been jointly inaugurated during by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Chinese President Xi Jinping during the latter’s visit in March.
