Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy Technologies Act, 2016

The Act established the Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies. The Act mandates the council to: 

1. Acquire, develop and disseminate techniques and processes for promotion and propagation of photovoltaic, solar, thermal, hydrogen, biogas or biomass, mini or micro hydel, wind and other alternative and renewable energy techniques.
2. Establish facilities and expertise for developing suitable technologies to produce materials, devices and appliances in the fields of alternative and renewable energy sources.
3. Organize, coordinate, promote and execute research and development in the fields of alternative, new and renewable energy technologies.
4. Create training and educational facilities to meet the requirements of expanding indigenous renewable energy technologies.
5. Arrange conferences, workshops, demonstrations, motivation, dissemination, training and extension for wide adoption of renewable energy technologies, including establishing database on related activities.
6. Establish liaison with other related national and international organizations, and promote cooperation in the related technical fields.
7. Advise and assist the Federal Government and relevant industries in the establishment of facilities for industrial level production in renewable energy technologies.
8. Collect, disseminate and arrange utilization of information and research processes and results.
9. Accept fees, donations, endowments and gifts for further achieving the objective of the Council.
10. Determine the economic and technical feasibility of related technologies and undertake pilot plant investigations and field trials.
11. Establish technical advisory service cells for all types of renewable energy technologies.
12. Undertake contract and collaborative research projects with the public and private sectors.
13. Undertake any further activity to promote generally the aims and objectives of the Council.