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New energy minister pledges tangible progress on hydropower, renewables by 2028

Sep 05, 2026 6 mins read
New energy minister pledges tangible progress on hydropower, renewables by 2028

In two and a half years, I am not going to promise the world, but I can commit to a few concrete outcomes the public can hold me to. On hydropower, I want PHPA-I to be completed on the current 48-month schedule from the resumption of dam works in April 2026, while the other under-construction projects, involving roughly 3,500MW of hydropower and solar, are commissioned as targeted.

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