Pakistan’s Parliament building located in national capital Islamabad became the 1st in the world to completely run on solar power. It achieved this feat after pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif switched on solar powered building of parliament in a simple ceremony.
Key facts:
- Project to run parliament building on solar power is a venture supported by Pakistan’s close ally & strategic partner China.
- It was launched in 2015 when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited and addressed the Parliament.
- The project was 1st announced in 2014 by the Chinese government as an act of friendship with financial support of $55 million.
- The solar panels of parliament have installed capacity 80 MW of which 62 MW is sufficient for it while remaining 18 MW will be connected to national grid.
- It is for 1st time since Pakistan became independent in 1947, the parliament became self sufficient in electricity through the solar power.
Note: Currently, there some parliaments in world like Israel’s Knesset that partly run on solar power.
About the Parliament of Pakistan:
It is officially termed as Majlis-e-Shoora in Urdu. It is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral legislature that consists of the Senate and the National Assembly (lower houses).
Pakistan Parliament has becomes the 1st in world to run entirely on solar power
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