The agriculture sector is set to benefit immensely from the use of green energy as a veritable plathora of solar, wind and biomass power projects are coming up, promising improved farm production and cost efficiency.
Several initiatives including development of 100MW solar power station in Punjab and establishment of wind power corridor in Sindh are in progress. And, in order to provide a national perspective to these efforts, a renewable energy mapping programme has also begun with the World Bank’s support.
The $22.5m five-year Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme will measure Pakistan’s potential for solar, wind and biomass energy, using ground-based data collection, GIS analysis and geo-spatial planning.
Under this programme, a high-precision solar measuring station is being set up at the site of 100MW Quaid-e-Azam Solar park near Bahawalpur, Punjab.
