ISLAMABAD
\nPakistan and the United States have agreed to advance transition to renewable energy and promote a more stable, secure and prosperous energy future for both countries.
\nThe understanding was reached during Energy Security Dialogue in Islamabad, chaired by Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir Khan and US Department of State Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey Pyatt.
\nIn a joint statement issued by US Embassy, Pakistan and the United States affirmed a mutual commitment to advance the transition to renewable energy and promote a more stable, secure, and prosperous energy future for both nations.
\nOfficials and experts engaged on energy issues and areas for cooperation, including Pakistan\u2019s renewable energy transition, electric vehicles, and increasing the participation of women in the energy sector.
\nBoth governments resolved to continue deepening bilateral partnership through the US-Pakistan \u201cGreen Alliance\u201d framework. \u201cThe Green Alliance framework will help the United States and Pakistan jointly face climate, environmental, and economic needs, especially through partnership on renewable, sustainable, and clean energy,\u201d it added.
\nThe United States and Pakistan acknowledged their long history seeking to advance energy cooperation and sustainable economic growth. \u201cFor over 50 years, the United States has invested in Pakistan\u2019s power generation, including in clean energy through hydropower, which continues to benefit millions of Pakistanis today,\u201d noted the statement.
\nThrough the Energy Security Dialogue, the two governments made new commitments to advance energy cooperation.
\nThe US announced new programs in Pakistan, including a $500,000 project to restore electricity infrastructure in flood-affected areas in Sindh, a grant to further research and development of electric vehicles at the Lahore University for Management Science, and support for a second cohort of the US-Pakistan Women\u2019s Council\u2019s Future of Women in Energy Scholars Program launched with Texas A&M University to support women\u2019s leadership in renewable energy.
\n\u201cThe two governments committed to work together in the coming year to help Pakistan reach its goal of 60 percent renewables by 2030,\u201d the statement said, adding that the delegations look forward to the United States-hosted US-Pakistan Energy Security Dialogue in 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistan and the United States have agreed to advance transition to renewable energy and promote a more stable, secure and prosperous energy future for both countries. The understanding was reached during Energy Security Dialogue in Islamabad, chaired by Minister for Energy Khurram Dastgir Khan and US Department of State Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319645,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-319714","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n