{"id":545018,"date":"2026-05-07T10:23:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=545018"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:23:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:23:16","slug":"govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> ISLAMABAD<br \/>\nThe government planned a 500-megawatt floating solar power project at the Keenjhar Lake in Sindh for the generation of clean, renewable energy to support the country\u2019s growing energy needs while reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the $243.63 million project will generate around 861.91 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually, with a capacity factor of 19.6%, and supply power to K-Electric under a long-term Power Purchase Agreement. The initiative is aligned with Pakistan\u2019s 2030 emission reduction goals. The project will be executed through the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) model, selected through competitive bidding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD The government planned a 500-megawatt floating solar power project at the Keenjhar Lake in Sindh for the generation of clean, renewable energy to support the country\u2019s growing energy needs while reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the $243.63 million project will generate around 861.91 gigawatt-hours of electricity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545035,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-545018","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ISLAMABAD The government planned a 500-megawatt floating solar power project at the Keenjhar Lake in Sindh for the generation of clean, renewable energy to support the country\u2019s growing energy needs while reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the $243.63 million project will generate around 861.91 gigawatt-hours of electricity [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daily Lead Pakistan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-07T05:23:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"602\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"294\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@DailyLeadPak\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Web Desk\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\"},\"headline\":\"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-07T05:23:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":106,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"National\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/\",\"name\":\"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-07T05:23:16+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png\",\"width\":602,\"height\":294},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"description\":\"Daily Lead Pakistan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/logo3.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":154,\"caption\":\"Daily lead Pakistan\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\",\"https:\\\/\\\/instagram.com\\\/DailyLeadPak\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62\",\"name\":\"Web Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Web Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/leadpakistan.com.pk\\\/news\\\/author\\\/edt\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake","og_description":"ISLAMABAD The government planned a 500-megawatt floating solar power project at the Keenjhar Lake in Sindh for the generation of clean, renewable energy to support the country\u2019s growing energy needs while reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. According to documents available with Wealth Pakistan, the $243.63 million project will generate around 861.91 gigawatt-hours of electricity [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/","og_site_name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","article_published_time":"2026-05-07T05:23:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":602,"height":294,"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Web Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_site":"@DailyLeadPak","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Web Desk"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/"},"author":{"name":"Web Desk","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62"},"headline":"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake","datePublished":"2026-05-07T05:23:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/"},"wordCount":106,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png","articleSection":["National"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/","name":"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png","datePublished":"2026-05-07T05:23:16+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-06-161543.png","width":602,"height":294},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/govt-plans-to-generate-500mw-from-keenjhar-lake\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Govt plans to generate 500MW from Keenjhar Lake"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","name":"Daily Lead Pakistan","description":"Daily Lead Pakistan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#organization","name":"Daily lead Pakistan","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/logo3.jpg","width":1000,"height":154,"caption":"Daily lead Pakistan"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DailyLeadPak\/","https:\/\/x.com\/DailyLeadPak","https:\/\/instagram.com\/DailyLeadPak\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/6ef8309590ff620a99ce35559f54fd62","name":"Web Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41f05ebf0a510062a26cf1d9e662155a6901c6733aa66a6c0f61daea3d680dc7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Web Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/author\/edt\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545050,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545018\/revisions\/545050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}