Month: January 2021

Sino-Pak biomass energy’s cooperation could help to mitigate climate change, said Zhang Dayong, secretary-general of the Biomass Energy Industry Part Association (BEIPA).Biomass energy cooperation could be a new starting point between the two countries under CPEC, he said in an interview to Gwadar Pro. He viewed that the de-coal initiative launched by PM Imran Khan requires the country to develop…

Saudi Arabia’s crown prince unveiled plans on Sunday to build a zero-carbon city at Neom, the first major construction project for the $500 billion flagship business zone aimed at diversifying the economy of the world’s largest oil exporter. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a rare televised appearance, said the city, known as “The Line”, would extend over 170 kilometres and…

KARACHI: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) on Sunday night claimed that it has “fully restored” its transmission system whose fault on Saturday night threw the entire country into darkness. “The NTDC grid stations of 220kV and 500 kV and transmission system have been fully restored across the country,” the NTDC spokesman said in a press statement. “Power has…

Prime Minister Imran Khan has recently announced that there will be no more coal-based power plants in Pakistan. International climate lobbies have welcomed the statement but domestic energy circles or at least parts of them are not happy. Many people believe that Pakistan’s carbon footprint is too little and say we have vast coal reserves in Thar, which we have only begun…

KARACHI: The Sindh government on Sunday demanded formation of an inquiry commission with representation of provinces to ascertain the cause of the electricity breakdown that plunged the entire country into darkness for several hours. Provincial Energy Minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh demanded setting up of an inquiry commission and removal of the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) chief, saying that…

ABOUT seven kilometres from the Bholari turning point on left side of the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M9), an uneven path leads to a barren land — the site of many windmill towers. From M9 I could barely make out the huge windmill towers, or wind turbine towers. As I reached the site I found some Chinese workers working. Each windmill tower…

ISLAMABAD: While it’s apparently true that a human error at the Guddu Power Station triggered a power outage on Saturday night, the main reason for its effects to be felt across much of the country was poor maintenance and subsequent failure of the protection system in the national grid. This is what Dawn has found out in background discussions with senior officials,…