Day: July 9, 2020

ARCI develops easy-to-clean solar panel coating

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Indian scientists have developed nanoparticle-based solar panel coating that minimizes dust deposition and enables easy cleaning by the action of water, thus preventing a reduction in panel efficiency due to soiling.The coating was developed by the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), an autonomous organization of the Department of Science and Technology.Key features of this novel coating are its low cost, highly transparent nature (no loss in transmittance or power conversion efficiency), super-hydrophobic property (water contact angle more than 110°), high weather stability and high…

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PTI will improve Karachi power distribution system in ‘record time’: Asad Umar

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Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar on Thursday said the lack of a proper power transmission and distribution system in Karachi was the reason behind increased load shedding in the metropolis and promised that the federal government will improve it in “record time”. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, Umar said the main reason behind a weak distribution and transmission system was the apathy of previous governments, including those led by the PPP and the PML-N. The minister said “the work they [previous governments] did…

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Case for ‘NTA’

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All the tax collection agencies in Pakistan should be dismantled and merged into National Tax Agency (NTA) which alone can effectively enforce tax laws both at federal and provincial levels. NTA, a competent and effective body, set up on modern lines, should have representations of all constituents of the federation of Pakistan. NTA having national-wide data at one place and centralised processing will certainly be able to compel all taxable persons to file tax returns and pay due taxes under various tax codes. NTA must replace Federal Board of Revenue…

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NTDC, CPPA-G chargesheeted for causing billions of rupees loss to consumers

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ISLAMABAD: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has reportedly charge sheeted NTDC and CPPA-G for inflicting billions of rupees financial loss to electricity consumers and national exchequer by violating merit order and plant under-utilization, well informed sources told Business Recorder. This was revealed in an analysis conducted by the regulator of generation of power plants on the basis of data provided by National Power Control Centre (NPCC) in its daily log report as well as information provided by Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPP A-G) through its monthly energy…

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Energy Transfer Not Shutting Dakota Access Oil Pipeline

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Energy Transfer is not emptying or shutting down the Dakota Access Pipeline and is using all legal ways to fight the court order from Monday that would shut down the oil pipeline by August 5. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), in operation since 2017, must be emptied and shut down within 30 days, by August 5, until a new comprehensive environmental review is completed. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia said that the Army Corps of Engineers had violated…

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