Month: July 2022

Azad Pattan Hydropower Project, having capacity to annually generate 3064 GWh, would be completed by 2026 to generate cheap and environment friendly power. The 700 MW project is located on Jhelum River roughly 7 km upstream of Azad Pattan Bridge in the Sudhanoti District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and 90 km from Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan, said official source of Ministry of Water Resources. The project’s $1.5 billion investment agreement was signed between Chinese state-owned China Gezhouba Group and Pakistan in July 2020, in a ceremony attended…

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The Engineering Development Board (EDB) is all set to submit its policy document on solar panels and allied equipments manufacturing to the government by the end of this month. The policy document would revealed as how to promote the use of alternate energy resources to overcome power shortages in the country. It also said that the country is facing serious energy shortages with record prices that had directly and indirectly affected all sectors of the economy. The country’s electricity demand has reached almost 29,000 MW total whereas generation is about…

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National Transmission and Despatch Company Limited (NTDC) has acquired 758 Kanal and 3 Marla land for the construction of 500 kV grid station Chakwal. The contractor has been mobilized for construction of boundary wall. This project remained at halt for many years due to severe land acquisition issue. A senior officer said establishment of 500 kV grid station in Chakwal district would help in the development of industries. Construction of Two 500 kV transmission lines from Ghazi Brotha – Gatti and Gakkar – Rawat will also be part of this…

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