FAISALABAD: The Punjab minister for energy says only renewable energy is a viable solution to meet the demands of electricity and the government has mapped out a plan to install two megawatt solar panel in 42 public sector universities.
Addressing a gathering at groundbreaking of solar plant of 2KW at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, minister Dr Muhammad Akhtar said the government had started working on converting waste into energy in different municipal corporations.
The minister also inaugurated UAF retrofitting at UAF Solar Park worth Rs71.99m under which 7,466 energy efficient fans and 20,723 LED lights have been installed and replaced with conventional inefficient alliances. It will save Rs35m annually.
