{"id":1831,"date":"2025-05-31T16:33:06","date_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/?p=1831"},"modified":"2025-05-31T16:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T12:03:06","slug":"historic-step-toward-energy-self-sufficiency-afghanistan-launches-major-wind-and-solar-power-project-in-herat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/historic-step-toward-energy-self-sufficiency-afghanistan-launches-major-wind-and-solar-power-project-in-herat\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Step Toward Energy Self-Sufficiency: Afghanistan Launches Major Wind and Solar Power Project in Herat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Weezharoz<\/strong>-The project, which represents the first phase of a broader 200 MW wind energy development plan, was inaugurated in a formal ceremony attended by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs; Dr. Abdul Bari Omar, CEO of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS); Minister of Economy Qari Din Mohammad Hanif; Herat Governor Mawlawi Noor Ahmad Islam Jar; Turkish government officials; representatives of Turkish company 77; religious scholars; local traders; industrialists; and technical engineers.<\/p>\n<p>Speakers highlighted the project\u2019s significance for sustainable development, environmental protection, climate change mitigation, and the path toward energy self-reliance.<\/p>\n<p>This Herat-based project marks the fourth major domestic power project launched in the past two months, following solar energy projects in Nangarhar, Balkh, and Laghman provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, significant electricity grid expansion efforts have recently been initiated in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Zabul provinces.<\/p>\n<p>Officials believe that Afghanistan\u2019s geographic advantage especially in wind-rich areas positions the country to significantly boost domestic power production and support long-term economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Weezharoz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weezharoz-The project, which represents the first phase of a broader 200 MW wind energy development plan, was inaugurated in a formal ceremony attended by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs; Dr. Abdul Bari Omar, CEO of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS); Minister of Economy Qari Din Mohammad Hanif; Herat Governor Mawlawi &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1833,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1831\/revisions\/1833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}