AEDB facilitates geothermal tech in Pakistan

[Naveed Yaseen]

ISLAMABAD: Offices of a private firm in Islamabad have become one the first place in the country to have been powered by geothermal energy. Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) facilitated Shan Geothermal in setting up of a pilot project of geothermal earth energy in line with the government’s policy of promoting the use of renewable energy in the country’s power generation mix.

“It’s an exciting demonstration, a way of making sure Pakistan has another exploitable source of green power,” chief executive officer AEDB, Arif Alauddin during launch of the pilot project said. The initial capital cost for the installation of geothermal earth energy system was competitive with traditional system. staff report

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