Plug-in hybrids called a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’ as study claims emissions are higher than thought

Carbon dioxide emissions from plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are more than two-and-a-half-times greater than official test levels, new research claims. Published this week, the analysis — conducted by the Transport & Environment campaign groupand supported by environmental organization Greenpeace U.K. — stated that, on average, “typical” plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, or PHEVs, emit around 117g of CO2 per kilometer. This figure is…

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Big potential, but challenges to overcome: A look at offshore wind in the U.S.

Stretching for thousands of miles, the east coast of the United States is home to major cities, stunning beaches and millions of people. Soon, though, it could also host several major offshore wind farms, a development that would have a significant effect on America’s energy mix. At the moment, the offshore wind sector in the U.S. is small. The country’s…

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Chinese brands invited to target Pakistan tea market

Inviting Chinese popular tea brands to explore Pakistan’s tea market, Dr Sajid Khursheed, a doctorate from Beijing, has reckoned that the Pakistanis, especially youths, were very fond of drinking tea. “There is big potential for Chinese investors in Pakistan’s tea market,” he declared while participating in a TV talk show of CPEC Face to Face at the China Economic Network Television…

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Pakistan to start producing solar panels, lithium battery

Pakistan will start manufacturing solar panels and lithium batteries of busses locally. The solar panel indigenous production is expected to start within 18 months. According to the information shared by the Federal Minister for Science & Technology, Fawad Chaudhary, the buses to be run on batteries will also be made in Pakistan. The Chinese companies are all set to establish solar panel…

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Reaching energy and climate goals demands a dramatic scaling up of clean energy technologies

A major effort to develop and deploy clean energy technologies worldwide is urgently needed to meet international energy and climate goals, particularly in order to reduce carbon emissions from areas beyond the power sector such as transport, buildings and industry, according to a new IEA report released today. With global carbon emissions at unacceptably high levels, structural changes to the…

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Op-ed: Impacts of CPEC on Asian region and beyond

The comprehensive development deal between Pakistan and China (CPEC) not only creates strategic and economic connectivity between these two countries but also has the potential of integrating other regional and extra-regional countries, and could play a key role in improving the economic and security environment. The project is being considered a vital component in realizing the prospective of regional connectivity and improving…

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Revoking KE exclusivity is no solution

EDITORIAL: National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) is to hold a public hearing on 21 September to consider its proposal to end K-Electric’s exclusivity over Karachi. The argument in favour of this proposal is that this would encourage competition in the sector which would benefit consumers, the prime objective of privatization today as opposed to the time when K-Electric was…

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CDWP approves Rs57.78bn energy, development projects

ISLAMABAD: The Central Development Working Party (CDWP) on Wednesday cleared a total of seven development projects with a total cost of Rs57.78 billion. At a CDWP meeting presided over by Deputy Chairman Planning Commission Mohammad Jehanzeb Khan, four development projects with a cumulative estimated cost of Rs12.25bn were approved. Two other projects with a total cost of Rs33.43bn were referred…

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Cabinet for exploring possibility of setting up land-based LNG terminals

ISLAMABAD: The federal cabinet has decided to explore possibility of establishing land-based LNG terminals in future as Ministry of Defence (Pakistan Navy) allowed establishment of two terminals at Port Qasim on the recommendations of Ministry of Maritime Affairs (MoMA), well-informed sources told Business Recorder. ECC of Cabinet decision of March 5, 2019 duly ratified by the Cabinet on March 19,…

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