2nd Int'l Hydropower conference to be held in Dec.

ISLAMABAD -- The second International Hydropower conference will be organized here in December aimed at recommending the best doable strategy to the government to ensure maximum utilization of water resources in the country for clean and green energy generation.

The Energy Update in collaboration with concerned government departments was organizing the daylong event here to gather at once place all the concerned stakeholders relevant to the scenario of hydropower generation in Pakistan, told President National Forum for Environment and Health (NFEH), M Naeem Qureshi, to this agency.

He said the theme of this year's conference titled 'Sustainable dams and drains in mitigating climate change' has been specially chosen in the context of the recent devastating flood emergency in Pakistan.

The Energy Update has partnered with the International Hydropower Association, Water and Power Development Authority and Private Power Infrastructure Board to organize the conference. The conference was likely to be attended by over 250 leading national and international experts on hydro resources, he said.

He said the conference would also be attended by representatives of the power sector regulator, government authorities, private sector, local banks, international donor agencies, energy companies, and prospective foreign investors that were keen to invest in hydroelectricity to help Pakistan decrease its reliance on...