ADB Approves $330 Million to Expand Clean Energy Transmission in Pakistan
Pakistan, Nov. 20 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved loans totaling $330 million to Pakistan for the Second Power Transmission Strengthening Project, one of the Government of Pakistan's top priority investments to expand the national transmission network and enable the evacuation of low-cost renewable and hydropower to major load centers.The project will construct a new 500-kilovolt, approximately 290-kilometer transmission line and upgrade critical grid infrastructure feeding Islamabad and Faisalabad. These investments will address long-standing constraints in Pakistan's north-south power corridor, enabling the transfer of up to 3,200 megawatts of clean energy from hydropower plants in the north of the country. This will help...
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