Pakistan, July 10 -- Pakistan has reached an important milestone on the way to a sustainable, climate-friendly energy supply. As part of a programme to promote renewable energies and improve grid connections, a contract has now been signed for the construction of a substation in the Gharo wind corridor. The contractual partners are the National Grid Company of Pakistan (NGC) as project sponsor and the German company Siemens, which will contribute its many years of experience and technological expertise to the project as general contractor. The investment is being financed by a loan of 27 million euros from funds provided by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) via KfW Development Bank. The project is pa...