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Wind power accounts for more than half of UK’s electricity

January 1, 2021May 20, 2023 Admin

LONDON: Wind power accounted for more than half of Britain’s daily generated electricity on Saturday in the wake of Storm Bella, according to energy giant Drax. The percentage of wind power in the country’s energy mix hit a record 50.67 per cent on Saturday, the company said over the weekend, beating the previous record of 50 per cent in August. “For the first time ever (on Saturday), amid StormBella, more than half of Great Britain’s electricity was generated by the wind,” Drax Group tweeted. It added: “This is the first…

Experts Stress Depoliticising the Energy Sector for Economic Progress

January 1, 2021May 20, 2023 Admin

LAHORE: The energy sector should be depoliticized and people having conflict of interests should not be appointed in any of the key posts in the sector. This will helpful for ending the incompetency, nepotism and favoritism from the energy sector and leads to proper development of the sector.These views were expressed by the energy sector experts responding to the questions speaking at a webinar at Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) here on Thursday. The energy sector experts including Senior Research Economist Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) Afia…