The price of bi-directional meters used in the solar power system has been increased by Rs4,000 in Lahore city. It is learnt that the price of a bi-directional meter has reached Rs19,000 from Rs15,000. The increase in the price of the meters has been declared by the companies. The Lahore ...

ISLAMABAD - The government of Punjab has signed an agreement for the generation of the cheapest solar power in the history of Pakistan. The deal was inked on Thursday, under which private investors will set up a 100 MW solar power plant in Layyah district with a tariff of only 3.7 cents. Punjab ...

KARACHI: A Germany-based developer has applied for a generation licence to set up 50 megawatts of solar power plant in Balochistan with an estimated investment of $56.15 million, reported *The News*. According to the report, IB VOGT GmbH, a Germany-based integrated solar developer, planned entry ...

*TOKYO - A Solar Powered Toyota Prius is being launched by Toyota Motors as an experiment after the thin solar plates for satellites were revealed. * Toyota Motor Corp is experimenting with a sun-powered Prius that it hopes will one day require no plugging in. In the Japanese government-funded ...

ISLAMABAD - The US-based firm named Solar Stick is planning to invest in Pakistan’s Solar Power Sector through a joint venture with a local Pakistani firm called Net Power Company. Solar Stick has also introduced a mobile solar technology in Pakistan which can be used for civil and military ...

LAHORE – The Chief Justice of Pakistan took notice of Quaid-e-Azam solar power plant and power companies. The top judge, who is quite active in affairs related to general public, also summoned details pertaining to the solar plant’s costs, production and expenditures besides directing the ...

ISLAMABAD:Minister for State and Frontier Regions Abdul Qadir Baloch has said solar power supply will be provided in Mashkel, Kharan and other areas under federal government projects. He said this while speaking at the inaugural ceremony of Yakmach-Kharan Road in Kharan. Abdul Qadir Baloch said ...

RIYADH - Despite being one of the world’s sunniest countries, Saudi Arabia generates most of its electricity from oil-fired power plants. Saudi Arabia and Japan's SoftBank have agreed to the joint construction of a multibillion-dollar solar power project in the sunshine-rich Gulf kingdom to ...

*LAHORE: *Pakistan's biggest solar power plant Quaid-e-Azam Solar Power Plant (QASP) having a capacity of 100 megawatts to be privatised. Nine bids have been received in this regard. This was revealed by Punjab government officials on Thursday and the privatization is expected to be concluded ...

SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son announced on Wednesday a $200 billion solar power project in Saudi Arabia, which he described as “the world’s biggest solar power generation.” The project is in cooperation with the kingdom’s young and powerful Crown Prince ...