{"id":38599,"date":"2024-06-05T11:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=38599"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T06:25:20","slug":"cda-launches-solarization-project-to-cut-monthly-electricity-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/islamabad\/cda-launches-solarization-project-to-cut-monthly-electricity-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"CDA launches solarization project to cut monthly electricity cost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has declared a major effort to switch to solar power for its buildings, street lighting, tube wells, and water pumps to lower expensive <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/1kw-check-latest-rates-here\/\">electricity bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This choice is a component of the CDA&#8217;s larger initiative to support cost-effectiveness and sustainability. The solarization project&#8217;s feasibility study has received approval from the CDA Board. This action is expected to save the agency Rs. 250 million per month, according to CDA sources.<\/p>\n<p>The project will be carried out in three stages: street lighting will come first, then CDA buildings will be converted, and tube wells and water pumps will be powered by solar energy.<\/p>\n<p>To produce 4.5 megawatts of power, the initiative intends to put solar panels on tube wells and waterworks throughout the capital.<\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that this solar system will operate the tube wells and waterworks for the next 25 years, paying for the Rs. 80 million installation cost in the first four years.<\/p>\n<p>The CDA Board was given a synopsis of the solarization project by member engineer Khalid Hafeez.<\/p>\n<p>Following careful consideration of all the views, the board stressed that a full feasibility study was needed.<\/p>\n<p>To guarantee the best results, this research will review site characteristics, intricate system design, technical and financial evaluations, regulatory compliance, integration with current infrastructure, and protocols for monitoring and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>In compliance with the 2004 regulations set forth by the Public Procurement Regulatory Authority (PPRA), the board has chosen to carry out this feasibility study.<\/p>\n<p>The study will complete the installation plans for solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity, guaranteeing that all legal and technical requirements are satisfied for a smooth switch to solar energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has declared a major effort to switch to solar power for its buildings, street lighting, tube wells, and water pumps to lower expensive electricity bills. This choice is a component of the CDA&#8217;s larger initiative to support cost-effectiveness and sustainability. The solarization project&#8217;s feasibility study has received approval from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":38600,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14809],"tags":[241,18106,18107,15892,11371],"class_list":["post-38599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamabad","tag-cda","tag-cda-launches-solarization-project","tag-cda-launches-solarization-project-to-cut-monthly-electricity-cost","tag-solar","tag-solar-panel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}