Pakistani newspaper The Nation has carried a report that the governments of Pakistan and Canada have reached an agreement to develop a 500 MW solar project in the Cholistan region.
Few details were revealed in yesterday's online report with Punjab chief minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif reportedly announcing the deal at a press conference.
The chief minister reportedly revealed the 500 MW plant would be developed in two phases, the first a 200 MW scheme with the remaining capacity added in the second phase.
The information reportedly released by the chief minister was characteristically vague with no dates given and no details of what the Canadian government's involvement will be. An image accompanying the Nation article showed only a Canadian flag on the desk in front of assembled Punjabi government officials.
The Canadian embassy in Islamabad was closed at the time of pv magazine going to press.
The Nation report added chief minister Sharif had also announced plans for a 1 GW electricty generation project with no further details added.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.