Month: July 2020

The most powerful renewable energy

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The world’s most relied-upon renewable energy source isn’t wind or sunlight, but water. Last year, the world’s hydropower capacity reached a record 1,308 gigawatts (to put this number in perspective, just one gigawatt is equivalent to the power produced by 1.3 million race horses or 2,000 speeding Corvettes). Utilities throughout the globe rely upon hydropower to generate electricity because it is cheap, easily stored and dispatched, and produced with no fuel combustion, meaning it won’t release carbon dioxide or pollutants the way power plants burning fossil fuels such as coal…

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Chinese firms propose setting up of 700MW project for two SEZs

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It is the government’s priority to ensure provision of uninterrupted and affordable energy to industries, remarked Minister of State and Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Atif R Bokhari. Keeping the prime minister’s vision in view, he said, the BOI had taken the initiative to establish the first-ever solar captive power plant for the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the country. In this regard, the BOI facilitated the signing of a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) between state-owned enterprises including the Faisalabad Industrial Estate Development and Management Company (FIEDMC), Power China…

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Met predicts rain, dust storm in Karachi tomorrow

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The Pakistan Meteorological Department on Thursday predicted rain and thunder in Karachi from tomorrow in a second spell of downpour this season. The department’s director, Sardar Sarfaraz, said the spell would last a day or two and would be preceded by dusty winds. “Initially we had said that the second spell would start from July 15 but then the situation changed and it appeared that it would start after July 20. “[However], a similar low pressure area has developed almost in the same place as in the first spell, around…

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China becomes first economy to grow since virus pandemic

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China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2 per cent expansion in the latest quarter after anti-virus lockdowns were lifted and factories and stores reopened. Growth reported on Thursday for the three months ending in June was a dramatic improvement over the previous quarter’s 6.8pc contraction — China’s worst performance since at least the mid-1960s. But it still was the weakest positive figure since China started reporting quarterly growth in the early 1990s. “We expect to see continuous…

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Most licences valid for Pakistani pilots working in 10 countries: Aviation Division

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The Aviation Division on Thursday said that the credentials of almost all Pakistani pilots working for foreign airlines have been confirmed, as the government continues to manage the fallout from a scandal over aviator licences. Airlines in 10 countries had demanded proof of valid flying licences for their Pakistani pilots after it emerged about a third of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) aviators were holding “bogus or suspicious” licences. In all, the foreign airlines asked for proof of 176 Pakistani pilot licences. Of these, 166 “have been validated as genuine and…

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