No restriction at all in Pakistan if power consumers want to install solar systems to energize their homes, offices’
The Sindh government has advised the general public to install solar systems as an effective and clean off-grid solution to meet their energy needs both for their homes and offices.
The advice to this effect was given by the Sindh government’s Secretary for Energy Department, Abu Bakar Ahmed Madani while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar on solar energy awareness organized by Energy Update and Powered by Inverex Solar Energy here at a hotel.
The Sindh Energy Secretary said on the occasion that there was no restriction at all in the country if an electricity consumer wanted to install a solar system to energize his home or office as an off-grid energy solution.
He said the power consumers could utilize the option of net-metering to earn money by installing the solar system as the additional electricity produced by the clean energy option would be supplied to the grid system.
He told the audience of the seminar that a one-window solution had been introduced by the Sindh government to encourage the installation of solar energy systems in the province.
He said that solar energy was a clean and environment friendly option to generate electricity as compared to using conventional sources including furnace oil, natural gas, and coal, for power production.
The Energy Secretary said that the Sindh government had started the process to explore new wind corridors after maximum utilization of the existing Jhimpir-Gharo wind corridor of the province.
He said the Sindh government’s Energy Policy also stood for maximum utilization of green energy options instead of using conventional options of electricity generation to safeguard the environment as per the global conventions.
CEO Inverex Solar Energy Zakir Ali said that his company is currently working on off-grid power generation which needs to be further increased. With the promotion of solar system, common people can generate electricity and sell it to the government and the general public
The representative of the Electronic market dealers’ association said on the occasion that the traders concerned were ready to perform their due part to promote usage of solar home systems in the country if they were given the right incentives by the government.
