ISLAMABAD: Pakistan, amid the emerging trend of non-carbon eco-friendly fuels, must not miss the opportunity to achieve clean energy transformation, experts said in a seminar here on Friday.
Abid Qaiyum Suleri, executive director of the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, urged experts, researchers and students to work out investment and joint venture opportunities between Pakistani and Chinese firms under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) framework to achieve green hydrogen development capacity.
Sardar Mohazzam, managing director of the National Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority, said hydrogen production is the future without any doubt as it is an inevitable source of energy in the prevailing growing climate change, population rise, and energy demands.
To achieve a propitious transition, it is necessary to align the policy initiatives with the concept of hydrogen production as it requires a clarity of vision, policy, funding and regulations, he added.
Launched in 2013, CPEC, a flagship project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative, is a corridor linking Pakistan’s southwest Gwadar port with Kashgar in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighting energy, transport, and industrial cooperation.
Pakistan must grasp opportunity to achieve clean energy transformation: experts
