Year: 2020

Rolling blackouts hit up to 250,000 PG&E customers as ‘heat storm’ drives up energy use

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California’s energy-grid operator imposed rolling blackouts Friday evening for the first time in 19 years. With the rare move, the California Independent System Operator sought to preserve the stability of the system that provides power for tens of millions of residents and businesses. The last time grid managers implemented this kind of power cut was in 2001, when the state was in the throes of an electricity crisis. The effect was felt promptly in Northern California, as Pacific Gas and Electric Co. began shutting off power to large blocks of…

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Govt, wind power producers sign pacts

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ISLAMABAD: The government and Wind Power Producers (WPPs) have signed pacts, to be binding after different level approvals from power firms. The committee and Pakistan Wind Energy Association held a number of rounds of discussions with the Wind Association with a request to reduce generation tariff. All discussions have been confidential and without prejudice basis. This document shall not affect the parties’ rights and obligations under the agreements signed pursuant to the Government of Pakistan’s RE Policy 2006 (such as the IA, the EPA, the GoP Guarantee and the Site…

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Iranian Oil Exports Much Higher Than Official Data Suggests

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Iran is exporting a lot more crude oil than U.S. figures suggest, data from TankerTrackers.com has revealed, as reported by NBC News. According to the data, Iran is exporting as much as 600,000 barrels daily, using ship-to-ship transfers with transponders turned off to avoid detection, skirting U.S. sanctions. The daily average number compares with an estimate of 227,000 bpd made in a U.S. Congressional report, NBC’s Raf Sanchez wrote on Twitter. TankerTrackers.com first reported in 2018, after President Trump reintroduced sanctions on Iranian exports, that Iranian tankers were turning off their transponders…

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Energy policy: ‘Pakistan to domestically generate electricity up to 60 pc by 2030

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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub announced on Wednesday that the new energy policy has been approved for making a major shift to electricity generation to renewable and alternative sources in Pakistan, ARY News reported. Omar Ayub, while addressing a press conference along with Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Petroleum Division Nadeem Babar in Islamabad today, said that the rate of power generation will be increased up to 20 per cent by using domestic reserves of renewable and alternative electricity projects. He detailed that the country will…

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Miandad Claims Imran Khan is Prime Minister Because of Him

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Pakistan legend, Javed Miandad, has claimed that he was the main driving force behind Imran Khan during his election campaign which paved the way for the latter’s ascent to power. In a YouTube video, Miandad claimed that Imran Khan has appointed inept individuals in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after becoming the Prime Minister. As a result, cricketers have lost their jobs. He said that Pakistan is full of talented individuals and there is no need to hire people from abroad to run the affairs of the board, adding that…

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