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Pakistan's Parliament is 100% Solar-Powered

April 6, 2016 by Shanna Edberg

solar miniEarlier this year, Pakistan’s legislature became the first in the world to be completely powered by the sun. Not only do the solar panels provide energy to the parliamentary building, they also feed electricity into the grid in a region of the world where electricity shortages and rolling blackouts are common. The change is expected to save the Pakistani government US$1 million every year, and the government is planning to switch more public buildings to solar power in the future.

Climate Protection: Reduces fossil fuel emissions Energy & Mobility: Provides a self-sufficient energy supply and adds electricity to the grid Resilience: Prevents blackouts Jobs & Assets: Saves money on electricity

This post is part of a series on examples of ​multisolving, or climate-smart policies that simultaneously work to mitigate climate change while providing co-benefits such as the ones described above. The multiple benefits analysis was done using the ​FLOWER framework.