Day: December 31, 2019

They all talk about wind power. There is no doubt that renewables including wind are imperative as part of the energy mix. It is environmental friendly and there is no variable cost of fuel. However, having wind power without planning of demand and evacuation capacity could have its repercussions. Pakistan is in its nascent stage of using wind power. The country is doing experiments. It is important to learn from mistakes. Here effective cost of wind plants to the consumers is computed to evaluate the merits without having necessary infrastructure.…

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The Karachi electricity consumers will finally be waking up to the reality of the thing called monthly ‘fuel charges adjustment’. Nepra, the other day announced the schedule for collecting FCA from K-Electric consumers for three years starting from July 2016 to June 2019. The said collection has been broken in parts so as to lessen the burden at once – and will be collected over next nine months starting January 2020. So the FCA averages Rs1.32 per month to be collected over nine months. The average comes down to Rs0.33…

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Coal exporters are experiencing the biggest drop in prices in over a decade. Global appetite for coal had been declining throughout 2019 primarily because of the declining demand in western economies. As a policy, both Europe and U.S. have been slowing moving away from coal-fired power plants, and toward cheaper and greener energy. This was a finding of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a recent report. Coal-based electricity will take a smaller share in the global energy mix over the next decade. However, there is a clear shift in…

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ISLAMABAD: The government should speed up reforms in the energy sector so that the economy can progress in a sustainable manner, a business leader said Monday. The infamous circular debt has reached Rs1.7 trillion and it will surpass Rs two trillion by the next year posing a serious threat to the economy, said Shahid Rasheed Butt former president ICCI. He said that rising prices of electricity and gas will jeopardise industrial future of the country, therefore, mismanagement and inefficiency in these sectors should be tackled. Shahid Rasheed Butt said that…

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A consortium of PPL, Mari Petroleum Company Limited (MPCL), Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) and Government Holdings Private Limited (GHPL) are to participate in a bidding process of one block of hydrocarbon in Abu Dhabi with an investment of $ 400 million spread over five years. PPL has embarked upon an aggressive exploration and development program both within and outside Pakistan to replenish and possibly enhance its oil and gas reserves. During the last five years, the company’s oil and gas exploration and development activities both within Pakistan…

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