Pakistan
gets the
world's first parliament run
entirely on
solar power
Pakistan's
parliament has become the
first in the world to run
entirely on
solar energy. The new solar-powered
parliament was inaugurated by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday, with the ambitious project being funded by the Chinese government at a cost of $55 million.
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K**wn as the Majlis-e-Shoora, the building is located in the country's capital Islamabad. The Pakistani
parliament **w produces 80MW of electricity, of which 68MW will be consumed by the building, while the remaining 12MW will be diverted to the national grid.
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