Pakistan govt to offer energy-saving Inverter Fans in Easy Installments
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Old fans consume a lot of energy due to inefficient motor designs, and outdated materials, and the government now aims to offer Inverter fans in easy installments.
The federal government is moving forward with a mega project by replacing traditional fans with energy-efficient inverter fans. The initiative is expected to save around 5,000MW of electricity per annum.PauseMute
In this regard, a three-year billing record has been sought from Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) to identify consumers. The plan involves replacing 80 million conventional fans nationwide, allowing households that currently use 100 watts of electricity to upgrade to 50-watt inverter fans.
Those who are interested will be required to pay a total of Rs15,000 per fan, with payment structured in 12 installments that will be deducted from their electricity bills. This initiative aims not only to cut electricity consumption but also to promote the use of sustainable energy solutions across the country.
The energy sector of the country of the fifth most populated country faces major challenges due to inefficiencies and distorted consumption patterns, with a big chunk of electricity consumed by the non-productive domestic sector, leading to resource misallocation.
Reference Link:- https://pakobserver.net/pakistan-govt-to-offer-energy-saving-inverter-fans-in-easy-installments-details-inside/
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
