Year: 2021

Pakistan Fully Committed To Utilizing Indigenous, Renewable Resources For Power Generation

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During the Meeting with Senior Vice President Operation, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Ms Stephanie von Friedeburg, Federal Minister for Energy Muhammad Hammad Azhar said that Pakistan was emphasizing on utilization of indigenous, renewables and environmentally clean energy generation resources.While highlighting the initiatives taken in the power sector, the Federal Minister informed the senior IFC official that Pakistan was endeavouring to increase the share of renewable energy in the national grid and making a transition from a single buyer market to the whole electricity market which would encourage private sector participation…

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K-Electric, Government Of Sindh, And World Bank Sign Mou To Add 350 MW Of Solar Power Projects In Karachi

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December 10, Karachi: Committed to the aim to expand its portfolio of clean energy, KE has allied with Sindh Energy Department (SED) and the World Bank to develop a solar park with an aggregate capacity of 350 MW under the ambit of the ‘Sindh Solar Energy Project’ (SSEP). The objective of SSEP is to increase solar power generation and access to electricity in Sindh Province. The purpose of this tripartite arrangement – formalized today with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – is to develop and implement sustainable,…

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11th Fire Safety, Security Convention

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Community-level training required to make people properly know about methods to deal with fire emergenciesKarachi People at the community-level should be given the training to deal with fire emergencies to ensure not just their own protection but those around them in their residential areas and workplace environment.This was one of the demands made by the speakers at the 11th Annual Fire, Safety, & Security Convention organised here at the hotel by the National Forum for Environment & Health (NFEH) in collaboration with the Fire Protection Association of Pakistan (FPAP). Speaking…

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Pakistan Aims to Achieve 60 pc Renewable Energy Mix by 2030

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Punjab Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health Engineering Mian Mahmood-ur-Rasheed has announced government’s plan to convert 60 per cent of power consumption to solar energy by 2030.The Minister was addressing the audience at a “Sungrow Power Day 2021 – Lahore Chapter, a grand event” organized by Sungrow, the global leading inverter solution supplier for renewables at a local hotel. Environment Protection Agency, Punjab, Director General (DG EPA) Ambreen Sajjad and Public-Private Partnership (PPP), Punjab, Chief Executive Amjad Ali Awan were guests of honor, while leading national and international…

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Pakistan, China renew Joint Economic Committee after 11 years

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Pakistan and China on Wednesday resumed the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) meeting after an 11 year pause to strengthen bilateral ties under the broader framework. The forum of JEC was put on the backburner as everything was finalized through the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) for the last eight years. Now both sides have agreed to resume talks under the JEC forum as well after a pause of 11 years. According to an official announcement, Omar Ayub Khan, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, opened the 15th Session of Pakistan-China Joint…

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