The UK could eliminate all need for imports of Russian gas this year through a combination of energy efficiency, expanding renewable power generation and a campaign to help people change their behaviour, research has found. Information campaigns played a strong role in changing people’s behaviour during the Covid-19 pandemic. Many people are unaware of the savings they could make in…
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The government is confident in getting a positive nod from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) on 7th review as it addressed in details the fund’s concerns on the Prime Minister’s relief package, finance minister said on Wednesday.\ “The IMF mission raised concerns over PM’s Relief Package on petrol, diesel and electricity prices as well as on tax amnesty for industrial…
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We have been well on track to achieve the targets given in Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan 2021-2030 [3,000MWs of wind and 7,000MWs of solar power on-grid plants till 2030],” said, Shah Jahan Mirza, Chief Executive Officer of Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) at a roundtable. The moot titled 2nd International Solar Clean Energy Conference-2022 was organised by Energy Update,…
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Pakistan Climate Conference was held here on Wednesday to bring together global climate experts, policymakers and corporate decision-makers to discuss how Pakistan could meet the country’s global climate commitments. Speaking at the occasion, Kazeem Khan, GM Nature Based Solutions, Asia Pacific from Shell, said that there was a huge playing field where a lot of investment was being made towards…
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Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) on Wednesday assured the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) to resolve all the issues confronted by the oil industry on priority. The authority OMC and OMAP, in a meeting held at the OGRA’s Regional Office Lahore, agreed to make joint efforts in handling all the challenges faced by the oil industry, a news release said…
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2nd International Solar Clean Energy Conference-2022 AEDB aims to launch from next month competitive bidding regime for new solar, wind projects The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has aimed to commence from April 2022 the process of competitive bidding for launching new solar and wind power projects to increase the share of clean electricity in the national energy mix to…
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5th International Wind Energy Summit-20222Global body urges Pakistan to exempt energy sector SMEs from competitive bidding system to ensure their survivalKarachiThe World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) has urged Pakistan’s government to preferably exempt the small and medium-sized power companies from the competitive bidding system soon to be introduced in the country for new renewable energy projects.The WWEA put forward this…
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In order for the economy to emerge stronger out of its current industrialization phase, energy policies must reflect thorough planning for sustainability and effective resource management, along with a formula to reduce the trade deficit and limit borrowing in order to tackle the ballooning circular debt, writes Shahid Sattar, Executive Director & Secretary General of All Pakistan Textile Mills Association…
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