This Institute was  established as Centre for Coal Technology with the funds of worth Rs. 13.408  million and Rs. 34.390 million in the years 2004 & 2006 from HEC,  respectively and further upgraded with HEC grant of Rs. 182.79 million in the  year 2015. Later, this Centre was transformed into Institute of Energy &  Environmental Engineering in 2020, under Public Sector Development Project  (PSDP) scheme entitled as, "Strengthening of Academic and Research  Programs at University of the Punjab" with the grant of Rs. 976.530  million. This Institute can be claimed as one of the leading institutes of  energy and environmental engineering in South Asia, offering state of the art  analytical and pilot scale experimental facilities under one roof and having  vibrant faculty. Previously, the Institute has provided technical feasibility  expertise to the Government of Punjab for the establishment of following power  projects at national level:
  
    
      | 1. | Punjab Power  Development Company, Government of the Punjab, 660×2 MW coal-based power plant  at Qadar Abad - Sahiwal District, Punjab. | 
    
      | 2. | M/s Electro Power  Generation Pvt. Ltd. 50 MW coal-based power plant at Kalar Kahar, Distt.  Chakwal. | 
    
      | 3. | M/s Saba Power  Generation Company Pvt. Ltd. 50 MW coal-based power plant at Kattha Sugral,  Distt. Khushab. | 
    
      | 4. | M/s Noble Power  Generation Company Pvt. Ltd. 50 MW coal-based power plant at Mauza Dharabi,  Tehsil Tala Gang, Distt. Chakwal. | 
    
      | 5. | M/s Malakwal Power  Pvt. Ltd. 50 MW coal-based power plant at Vareena Distt. Mandi Bahuddin. | 
    
      | 6. | Punjab Power  Development Company, Government of the Punjab, 110 MW coal-based power plant  near Industrial Estates, Sundar, Lahore. | 
    
      | 7. | Punjab Power  Development Company, Government of the Punjab, 110 MW coal-based power plant  near M-3 Industrial City, Faisalabad. | 
    
      | 8. | 2×660 MW coal-based  power plant at Rahim Yar Khan by Nishat group and Shanghai Electric Company,  China. | 
    
      | 9. | 2×660 MW coal-fired  power project at Balloki, Kasur by M/s. China Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd. | 
    
      | 10. | Punjab Power  Development Company Limited, Government of the Punjab, 150 MW coal-based power  plant at Sialkot. | 
    
      | 11. | Punjab Power  Development Company Limited, Government of the Punjab, 150 MW coal-based power  plant at Faisalabad. | 
    
      | 12. | Punjab Power  Development Company Limited, Government of the Punjab, 150 MW coal-based power  plant at Multan. | 
    
      | 13. | Punjab Power  Development Company Limited, Government of the Punjab, 150 MW coal-based power  plant at Lahore. | 
    
      | 14. | 30 MW waste-to-energy  power plant at Lakhodair site Lahore undertaken by Lahore Waste Management  Company (LWMC). | 
    
      | In addition to  evaluation of technical feasibility studies, the Institute provided testing  facility to the Punjab Government for the re-evaluation and re-estimation of  the Punjab coal reserves. The Institute is also providing free consultancy  services to the private enterprises for; gasification, coal cleaning, coal  fired electricity generation, domestic utilization of coal, substitution of  furnace oil/natural gas by coal in the industrial sector, transfer of technology  from the developed/developing countries to Pakistan and the spread of  knowledge, experience, and skills to public within the country by integrating  results on indigenous energy sources. The Institute is also providing  analytical testing services at the cheapest rates to the academia, research  institutions, and industry. | 
    
      | The human resource  produced by the Institute is fully capable to handle operation of power plants  and their associated laboratories which are being setup throughout the country.  Furthermore, with the success of offered academic programs, the Institute would  be able to produce highly skilled and trained manpower in the disciplines of energy  engineering, environmental engineering, risk and reliability engineering, sustainability,  energy economics and policy, environmental law, energy auditing, and conservation.  The Institute will not only provide professional engineers and technologists to  the country in aforementioned areas but also provide policy guidelines to the  Government in energy, economics, strategy, energy security, and climate change. | 
    
      | The Institute has targeted  to establish an "Energy Engineering Research & Development Center"  that will perform R & D activities hand in hand with the Institute to get  tangible outcomes on issues of national and industrial importance. Keeping in  view the expertise of the faculty members, the Institute is also planning to establish  the following divisions: | 
    
      | 1. | Clean Coal Division | 
    
      | 2. | Renewable Energy  Division | 
    
      | 3. | Energy Efficiency and  Conservation Division | 
    
      | 4. | Energy Storage  Division | 
    
      | 5. | Waste to Energy  Division | 
    
      | 6. | Pollution Control Division | 
    
      | 7. | Energy and  Environmental Policy Division | 
    
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