CPEC | Progress Update |1000MW Quaid-E-Azam Solar Park (Bahawalpur) #5 | Life TV Online

The Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park (Urdu: قائد اعظم سولر پارک) is a photovoltaic power station in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan, named in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. In 2013, Government of Punjab, Pakistan developed the infrastructure of a 6,500 acre solar park near Bahawalpur to be able to accommodate 1,000 MWp solar power generation. The government committed to develop the first 100 MWp solar plant as a pilot project to demonstrate its viability that would attract private investors to invest for the remaining 900 MWp. The First Phase pilot plant of 100 MWp was constructed and commissioned in May 2015 at a cost of $ million. It spans 500 acres (200 ha) and utilizes 392,158 solar modules. The project was immensely successful and attracted great attention from numerous domestic and international investors. However, due to opposition from competing technology power plants, p