ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies has installed562 micro-hydel power plants with a total capacity of 9.7 MW during thelast five years, electrifying more than 80,000 houses.
An official source from Ministry of Science and Technology told that theministry and its research and development organizations are mandated todevelop technologies for socio-economic development of the country.
Technologies have been developed in different sectors like water, renewableenergy, electronics, health, small and medium-sized enterprises, industryand agriculture to, directly and indirectly, benefit a common man.
Listing different technologies developed during the last five years, theofficial source informed that PCRET has installed 155 small wind turbinesin Sindh and Balochistan electrifying 1560 houses and installed 4016 biogasplants.
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The council has established a 20 KW hybrid system including solar, MHP andwind in collaboration with China for research and training purposes.
