BEIJING, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 13th Jan, 2021 ) :In Pakistan, energy projects built hand-in-hand with China have involved meticulous considerations regarding emission controls and lowering the impact on the surrounding environment. As a major investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the 1,320-MW coal-fired Sahiwal power plant provides around 6 percent of the total electricity supply…
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Islamabad : Our natural resources, especially gas is fast depleting and we need to act now keeping the projection of our future needs of energy in view, said Shah Jahan Mirza, Managing-Director, Pakistan Power & Infrastructure Board. He stated this while addressing at an inception meeting of Network for Renewable Energy Research and Advocacy on ‘Clean Energy Transition in Pakistan,’…
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ISLAMABAD: Petroleum Division has reportedly prepared a plan to disconnect from February 1, 2021, gas supply to all industries that are currently using it as fuel for the primary purpose of electricity generation for self-consumption, well-informed sources told Business Recorder. Sharing details, SSGCL and SNGPL are engaged in transmission and distribution/sale of natural gas in the country. Except for a…
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The whole country went into a power blackout on Sunday night. This is a technical issue requiring serious investigation and a non-political discussion and debate. Blackouts have occurred in many countries in the past including the US, Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia and India etc. The latest blackout in India was in 2012, on successive days on July 30 and 31, 2012…
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KARACHI: Secretary Local Government, Housing and Town Planning, Sindh, Najam Ahmad Shah has said the mission of generating electricity from solid waste will be a milestone. Najam Ahmad Shah, who is also head of the committee set up to generate electricity from solid waste, said the project to generate electricity from waste collected from Karachi was a modern and unique…
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KARACHI: The first Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) terminal of Pakistan operated by Engro Elengy Terminal (EETL), a joint venture between Engro Corporation and Royal Vopak of the Netherlands, has set new industry records during its five years of safe and reliable operations to ensure energy security for Pakistan. Since the start of its operations in March 2015, EETL has completed…
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WhatsApp’s new terms of service will not compromise the privacy of user messages with friends or family in any way, the company announced on its blog. The popular messaging service recently caused a frenzy around the world after announcing its new privacy policy according to which personal data of users including phone numbers and locations would be shared with its parent company…
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ISLAMABAD: The Central Power Generation Company Ltd (CPGCL), taking a preliminary action, has suspended seven junior officers over alleged negligence that led to countrywide blackouts on the weekend, as the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) mounts its own investigation. A nationwide electricity breakdown at 11.40 pm Saturday plunged the entire country into darkness and triggered a high alert. So far, there…
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ISLAMABAD: The government on Wednesday decided to announce soon a major economic package for Gilgit-Baltistan as promised before regional elections in November last year. In a meeting with the newly-elected leadership of Gilgit-Baltistan, the ministry of planning and development constituted two technical groups to finalise the integrated development plan on the pattern of the recently announced Karachi Transformation Plan. GB…
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One of the oil mining industry’s big challenges is finding a profitable way to handle the associated gases released during the mining process. The solution could lie in Bitcoin mining. Oil extraction and bitcoin (BTC) might seem like strange partners but BTC might hold the key to tackling one of the oil sector’s big pollution problems. Oil extraction often produces…
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