10,000 Punjab schools go solar Solarisation process completed with the support of ADB DESIGN : IBRAHIM YAHYA LAHORE: About 70% work for conversion of educational institutions to solar power in Punjab has been completed. According to sources, more than 10,000 primary schools have been converted to solar energy under an $86 million project funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Work has also been started to use solar power in shrines. A Chinese company will complete a 100 MW solar power plant in Layyah this year in partnership with a Pakistani firm, while 550kW hybrid solar-biogas projects will be set up in Sammundri and Vehari at a cost of Rs282 million.