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New WWEA study underlines: Combination of comprehensive provincial action and better national coordination is vital for renewable energy deployment in Pakistan

Islamabad/Bonn, June 12, 2018 – The World Wind Energy Association, with the support of Heinrich Böll Stiftung (hbs), Pakistan has conducted a study titled “Impact of 18th Constitutional Amendment on Governance of Renewable Energy in Pakistan.” The primary purpose is to analyse the impacts of devolution of power to the provinces on the governance of the renewable energy sector. It explores the institutional setup around renewable energy at both the provincial and the federal levels and analyses the mandate of the institutional arrangements. Moreover, challenges to renewable energy growth that have emerged after the 18th amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan have been identified. The report discovers that after the 18th Amendment, four main areas have been hampering renewable energy...