The European Union is considering tightening rules that determine whether wood-burning energy can be classed as renewable and count towards green goals, according to a draft document seen by Reuters. The EU’s executive Commission will next month propose a package of policies to slash planet-warming emissions, including fuel tax changes and reforms to its carbon market. All are designed to…
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The revised draft of Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2021-30 prepared by NTDC (National Transmission Dispatch Company) invited criticism for violating the grid code and criteria under the NEPRA Act which says future projects will be made keeping in view the least cost generation, location and capacity. However, NTDC made its own 5-6 criteria to adjust 25-30 unjustified projects…
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K-Electric (KE), Karachi’s electricity provider and Easypaisa, Pakistan’s leading provider of digital financial services have partnered together to extend a convenient and hassle-free bill payment solution for the power utility’s customers. The partnership with Easypaisa offers 5% cashback (up to PKR 100) to new Easypaisa customers on their first KE bill payment. Through this partnership, KE is encouraging customers to…
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Inefficiency and mismanagement in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) business has burdened Pakistani consumers, who are forced to pay an extra billions of rupees. In a recent deal, Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) put an additional burden of around Rs30 billion by rejecting an offer of the Azerbaijan state firm, Socar, and from one of the Gulf-based producers that were submitted…
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The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) is likely to approve a plan to free liquefied natural gas (LNG)-based power plants from the economic merit order in a bid to ease pressure on a gas utility’s pipeline network, but the move will put an additional burden on gas consumers. The CCOE has already exempted the LNG-based power plants from 66% guaranteed…
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Pakistan has developed only about 9,860 megawatts (MW) of capacity, out of a potential 60,000 megawatts and if it could harness all of its potential capacity, the country could overcome its energy shortage and at the same time reduce spending on imported fuel, says Asian Development Bank (ADB). ADB in an update on its website stated that the nation’s energy…
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Having big dreams is sexy, but only if there is a plan working quietly in the background to realize them. That’s true for life. It is also true for government policies. Since the PTI government came into power, there have been a few dreams that seem too gargantuan for their own good—5 million houses, 10 million jobs, 30 percent electric…
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A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) has reviewed a safety initiative of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) that would allow railroads to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) using tank cars. The congressionally mandated report found that the initiative presented a comprehensive plan of work that built on long-standing safety programs…
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After examining the use of water by the oil and gas industry during Gavin Newsom’s tenure as governor, Food & Water Watch research has found that on Newsom’s watch the industry used more than 3 billion gallons of freshwater for drilling operations that could have been diverted for household use. “Fossil fuel extraction not only hastens climate change and endangers…
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The Leading Pakistani Scientist Prof. Tasawar Hayat Received The Obada-Prize Distinguished Researcher (International) 2021 Award For His Remarkable Work In The Field Of Natural Sciences, Mathematics. Prof. Hayat is a Distinguished Professor at Quaid-I-Azam University. He is Secretary General at Pakistan Academy of Sciences. His work contributions include the developments of fundamental diversified models for modified Darcy’s law, peristalsis, Cattaneo-Christov…
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