Month: January 2021

Time to tap KP’s 30,000MW hydropower potential for growth

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 Naturally blessed with enormous hydropower resources, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unique province where 30,000 megawatt (MW) of hydropower potential has been identified that could easily meet the energy demands of domestic, agriculture and industrial sectors besides making Pakistan energy surplus. Out of 30,000mw hydropower potential identified by the KP Energy Department, only 6,000mw (33,000 Gigawatt hours (GWh) having generation cost of Rs63 billion) has been generated so far and approximately 10,000mw is in different stages of implementation with potential to generate about Rs100 billion revenue annually whereas 14,000mw still remain…

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Sino-Pak biomass energy’s cooperation imperative: Zhang

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Sino-Pak biomass energy’s cooperation could help to mitigate climate change, said Zhang Dayong, secretary-general of the Biomass Energy Industry Part Association (BEIPA).Biomass energy cooperation could be a new starting point between the two countries under CPEC, he said in an interview to Gwadar Pro. He viewed that the de-coal initiative launched by PM Imran Khan requires the country to develop clean energy to fill the energy gap.According to Zhang Dayong, biomass energy, generated by utilizing effluent and waste, has become one of the most commonly used renewable sources of energy…

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NTDC to install anti-fog insulators to prevent tripping

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The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) has announced that it will install anti-fog disc insulators at Port Qasim, Karachi. The move comes after the electricity distributor faced severe criticism in the past 72 hours following tripping of some power plants and a few 500-kilovolt transmission lines. This is not for the first time that the NTDC is feeling the pain from tripping of the main 500kv and 220kv transmission lines, which resulted in prolonged power outages in Punjab and the federal capital. MINISTER DIRECTS NTDC TO RECTIFY FAULT SWIFTLY…

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Saudi crown prince launches zero-carbon city in Neom business zone

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Saudi Arabia’s crown prince unveiled plans on Sunday to build a zero-carbon city at Neom, the first major construction project for the $500 billion flagship business zone aimed at diversifying the economy of the world’s largest oil exporter. Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in a rare televised appearance, said the city, known as “The Line”, would extend over 170 kilometres and be able to house a million residents in “carbon-positive urban developments powered by 100 per cent clean energy”. “Why should we sacrifice nature for the sake of development?” Prince Mohammed…

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Country back to normalcy after blackout

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KARACHI: The National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) on Sunday night claimed that it has “fully restored” its transmission system whose fault on Saturday night threw the entire country into darkness. “The NTDC grid stations of 220kV and 500 kV and transmission system have been fully restored across the country,” the NTDC spokesman said in a press statement. “Power has been restored in Peshawar, Islamabad, Jhelum, Gujarat, Sargodha, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Gujranwala, Lahore, Sheikhupura, Okara, Sahiwal, Multan, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Dharki, Guddu, Rohri, Shikarpur, Dera Murad Jamali, Sibi and Quetta…

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