Governor calls for policy to boost local solar manufacturing

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Sardar Saleem Haider Khan has called for a policy framework to promote domestic manufacturing of solar systems, saying Pakistan could create millions of jobs, generate clean and affordable energy and earn valuable foreign exchange by developing a local solar industry. “It is unfortunate that solar system manufacturing is not being done due to lack of a government policy,” the governor said while addressing the third International Solar Power Conclave & Solar Technology Excellence Awards 2026, organised by Energy Update in collaboration with the Pakistan Solar Association (PSA),…

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Pakistan September inflation seen easing but energy pressures persist

Pakistan’s consumer price inflation is expected to ease to around 10% in September from 11.15% a month earlier, brokerage houses said, but rising fuel and electricity costs are expected to keep price pressures elevated and complicate the central bank’s policy outlook. September inflation is projected at between 9.9% and 10.5% year-on-year, according to estimates from Topline Securities, Ismail Iqbal Securities, Abbasi and Company and Growth Securities, compared with 11.15% in August and 5.61% in September last year. The country’s headline inflation clocked in at 11.1% on a year-on-year (YoY) basis…

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Sultanate of Oman to Host the 23rd World Wind Energy Conference 2027 WWEC2027

Hamburg/Bonn/Muscat, 22 September 2026 – The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) Board has announced that the 23rd World Wind Energy Conference (WWEC2027) will be hosted by the Sultanate of Oman. The event will be co-organized by Nama Power and Water Procurement (PWP) and WWEA, with support from Oman’s Ministry of Energy and Minerals. Since its inception in Berlin in 2002, the WWEC series has brought together the global wind community across all continents, significantly accelerating wind power adoption in host regions and worldwide.  WWEC2027 will be the first edition held…

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Gebrüder Weiss Achieves Gold in International Sustainability Rating

Lauterach, September 22, 2026. Gebrüder Weiss has been awarded a Gold Medal in the sustainability assessment conducted by EcoVadis, one of the world’s leading providers of corporate sustainability ratings. With a score of 85 out of 100 points, the international logistics company ranks among the top five percent of all businesses evaluated by EcoVadis over the past twelve months. Gebrüder Weiss delivered an especially strong performance in the Environmental category, achieving the maximum score of 100 out of 100 points. In addition to environmental performance, EcoVadis evaluates companies in the…

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Trinasolar Powers PetroGreen’s 25 MWp Bugallon Solar Project in the Philippines

Trinasolar, a global smart PV and energy storage solutions provider, has supplied 35,350 Vertex N 705W and 710W modules (NEG21C.20) for PetroGreen Energy Corporation‘s 25 MWp Bugallon Solar Power Plant in Pangasinan, reinforcing its role in supporting utility-scale solar deployment in the Philippines. Bugallon Solar Power Plant was developed and is operated by Bugallon Green Energy Corporation, a project company under Rizal Green Energy Corporation, the joint venture between PetroGreen and Japan’s Taisei Corporation. The project recently received its certificate of compliance from the Energy Regulatory Commission and commenced commercial…

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