BEIJING, Jan 7: Pakistan and China will sign an agreement next week to promote bilateral cooperation for development of renewable energy.

In this connection, a delegation of Chinese engineers will arrive in Islamabad on Sunday to sign the agreement, under which the Chinese companies will transfer technology to Pakistan for setting up renewable energy projects in the rural areas.

Syed Ali Tallae, Counsellor Technical Affairs in Pakistan Embassy in Beijing told APP that China has offered to help Pakistan to develop inexpensive energy to meet fuel requirements especially for cooking purposes. He said some experimental bio-gas projects have already been set up in rural areas of Islamabad and Abbottabad.

The technology to be provided by China will help to convert agricultural waste (corn stalks, rice straw, wheat straw, peanut shells) into cooking gas and pipe the gas to village homes for use with special cooking stoves designed to use low BTU fuel.

China is engaged in developing various new and renewable energy sources focusing on hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and tidal sources, hoping to make up for the declining production of traditional energy sources.

According to the China Energy Research Society (CERS), China is rich in new and renewable energy sources.—APP