Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday has said the government is diverting all available resources towards energy projects to ensure their timely completion.
He said this in a meeting with senior officials of a Chinese energy company in which matters regarding setting up of energy projects especially gas-based power houses were discussed.
The chief minister said that special incentives are being offered to investors for projects in the energy sector and besides traditional methods, efforts are being made for generation of electricity from alternative sources.
He said that work is being carried out on energy generation projects through coal, gas, hydle, solar, biogas, biomass, wind and other sources.
He said that planning had been done for the production of 3,600 megawatt electricity through gas and the government would set up 1,200 megawatt gas-based energy projects in Bhikhi, Sheikhupura, with its own resources while the federal government will establish 2,400 megawatt gas-based powerhouses in the province.
Shehbaz further said that work is being carried out speedily on 1,320 megawatt coal power plant in Sahiwal with the cooperation of China and the project would start electricity production by the end of 2017.
Similarly, he said, the government had completed within a record period a solar project of 100 megawatt in Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park, Bahawalpur, with its own resources and its production has been added to the national grid.
Senior officials of Chinese company associated with energy sector assured the chief minister that they would continue to extend full cooperation to the government in energy sector.
