The Karot Hydropower Project is expected to save 1.4 million tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3.5 million tons each year, Vice General Manager of China Three Gorges International Limited (CTGI) and Chairman of CSAIL Qin Guobin said. With a total installed capacity of 720MW and an annual generating capacity of 3.2 billion kWh, Qin Guobin…
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If the government is indeed committed to “ensuring sustainability of energy sector” and “providing relief to the common man”, as Power Minister Khurram Dastgir assured a World Bank team the other day, then it must make sure some of the USD 3 billion funding extended by the Bank goes towards removing some deliberately created inefficiencies. There’s long been a tendency…
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Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan on Friday inaugurated $ 95 million Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project for around one million consumers of Rawalpindi in the territorial jurisdiction of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESC). Addressing the event organized by IESCO, the minister said that the project will help eliminate theft, further improve electricity delivery, not accuse other users of electricity…
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The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday notified 2.34 percent reduction in the prices of imported LNG for the consumers of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and 2.48 percent for the consumers of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) for the month of November. In a monthly review of LNG prices for November, the price of…
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China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences (CPJRC) has signed a strategic agreement with Tianqi Lithium, a Chinese mining and manufacturing company, at a global event on the lithium battery industry held in Sichuan, China. The move was taken to further research and explore Pakistan’s Lithium reserves, as per a statement from the CPJRC. According to the strategic agreement, both…
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Multan: Risen Energy has announced that it has signed a Distribution agreement with Royal Solar in Pakistan.At the signing ceremony, Mr Muhammad Ahsan, Risen Country Sales Head for Pakistan, stated:“We are delighted to cooperate and joins hands with Royal Solar one of the country’s most top Distributors in solar industry to enhance Pakistan capacity to produce more solar energy.Leo Risen,…
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oughly a three-hour drive south of Perth, Western Australia, off the South Western Highway and behind the historic mining town of Greenbushes, the land beyond the town’s primary school falls away to reveal a deep, grey scar. This is the site of an old tin mine known as the Cornwall Pit. At roughly 265m (870ft) deep, the terraced wall of the…
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Being a responsible corporate entity, the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has distributed 1500 winter packages among the flood-affected people in the flood-hit areas of Southern Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan.OGDCL under its Corporate Responsibility Program (CSR) has scaled up the distribution of winter packages among flood victims as the winter season has started in the country.While taking lead…
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Electricity tariff adjustments are expectedly coming back to the mean. Having touched all-time highs to as high as Rs10/unit for monthly adjustment – the last two months have seen the FPA down to 21 and 8 paisas, respectively. The actual impact would still be higher, as the collection for August 2022 is spread over six months in equal installments of…
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Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that Pakistan and China have agreed to revive the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project which was left pending by the previous government. A six-member delegation of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) led by its President Lin Songtian on Thursday called on Federal Minister for Planning,…
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