March 30, 2021 -

PM Imran offers Saudi crown prince support on launch of kingdom’s 10 billion-tree drive

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman support in his plans to launch a 10-billion tree plantation drive, while also inviting him to collaborate on climate change initiatives. “I am delighted to learn about Your Royal Highness’s plans for launching Saudi Green Initiative aimed at protecting the nature and planet. The two initiatives, which, inter alia, include,…

Roaring success of Scottish windfarm shows global potential

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

It took 10 years to develop the first floating windfarm and it seemed to some a dangerous gamble to put it 15 miles off Aberdeen in the stormiest waters of the North Sea. But after three years of being in operation it has broken world records for maximum output. Its success even outstrips the speed with which Europe’s other offshore…

SC orders forensic audit of pending cases of SNGPL

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered for forensic audit of pending cases of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and directed the Secretary Energy to file the report within two months. A two-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed conducted hearing of the SNGPL appeal against the reinstatement of its removed employees and…

Pakistan possesses great potential for solar energy development: Cheng Xizhong

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

BEIJING: Luckily, Pakistan has a huge potential for solar energy development with its geographical and climatic conditions. The sunlight is adequate and its distribution is even. The suitable illumination is 300 days per year and 8-9 hours per day. The potential of solar power generation amounts to 2.9 million MW. The government of Pakistan attaches great importance to the development…

Pakistan, Denmark Team Up For Renewable Energy Cooperation

March 30, 2021April 18, 2023 Admin

Underscoring the need for strategic energy cooperation between Pakistan and Denmark, both the countries have formed a joint technical working group to develop terms of reference (TORs) for government-to-government (G2G) agreements focusing on energy audit and demand forecast of the Asian nation.This transpired on Monday when Federal Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan held a virtual meeting with Danish technical…

Private sector likely to import LNG by April 21

March 30, 2021March 1, 2023 Admin

ISLAMABAD: The private sector is likely to start import of LNG by April 21, 2021 as grant of unutilised Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal capacity is currently in process. According to a private sector importer, the private sector has suggested some changes in third-party rules to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA). “The amendment in OGRA third party rules…

Guddu, Nandipur plants may be given to PSO

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCOE) is likely to approve transfer of shares of Guddu and Nandipur power plants with management control to Pakistan State Oil (PSO) under an equity swap arrangement to clear circular debt. Sources told The Express Tribune that a deal would be struck to cover PSO’s receivables from the two power plants. They said that the…

60pc of energy mix to be clean energy by 2030: PM

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday said that by 2030 the country’s 60 percent energy mix would be shifted to clean electricity production through solar, wind, and hydro power. The premier, in a letter to Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, not only expressed his delight over the Kingdom’s plan for launching “Saudi Green Initiative plantation of 10 billion trees in…

Pak’s maiden electric bus hits the road in Karachi

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

Sindh Transport Minister Syed Owais Shah, on Tuesday launched the country’s maiden electric bus in Karachi. Speaking to the media after the launching ceremony, he said more electric buses will be brought to the city’s roads in cooperation with the private sector. As many as 100 electric buses will hit the road by the end of this year, he announced.…

64% of World’s Farmland at Risk From Pesticide Pollution, Study Finds

March 30, 2021April 29, 2023 Admin

About one third of the world’s agricultural land is at high risk from pesticide pollution, a new study has found. The research, published in Nature Geoscience Monday, looked at the use and spread of 92 active pesticide ingredients in 168 countries. They considered an area at risk if the concentration of a chemical exceeded the limit at which it would have no effect, and at high risk if…