November 2022
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Day: November 13, 2022
Governor meets NFEH delegation Govt to help out NGOs working to improve environmental conditions in province: Sindh Governor
Sindh Governor, Kamran Khan Tessori, has said the government will do its best to help out the non-governmental organizations working to improve environmental conditions in the country through an increase in tree cover. The Sindh Governor expressed his resolve to this effect on behalf of the government as he met a delegation of the National Forum for Environment and Health…
Read MoreK-Electric’s power tariff cut by Rs5.12 per unit
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Friday decided to slash power tariff by Rs5.12 per unit for K-Electric (KE) consumers on account of fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for September 2022. In its petition filed with Nepra, KE had requested a tariff reduction of Rs4.622 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). The regulator conducted a public hearing on October 25, 2022 and…
Read MoreKarot project to save 1.4m tons coal
The Karot Hydropower Project is expected to save 1.4 million tons of standard coal and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 3.5 million tons each year, Vice General Manager of China Three Gorges International Limited (CTGI) and Chairman of CSAIL Qin Guobin said. With a total installed capacity of 720MW and an annual generating capacity of 3.2 billion kWh, Qin Guobin…
Read MorePower tariffs: FPA returns to mean
Electricity tariff adjustments are expectedly coming back to the mean. Having touched all-time highs to as high as Rs10/unit for monthly adjustment – the last two months have seen the FPA down to 21 and 8 paisas, respectively. The actual impact would still be higher, as the collection for August 2022 is spread over six months in equal installments of…
Read MoreEnergy Sector Uplift
If the government is indeed committed to “ensuring sustainability of energy sector” and “providing relief to the common man”, as Power Minister Khurram Dastgir assured a World Bank team the other day, then it must make sure some of the USD 3 billion funding extended by the Bank goes towards removing some deliberately created inefficiencies. There’s long been a tendency…
Read MoreDastgir opens $95m AMI project
Minister for Power Khurram Dastgir Khan on Friday inaugurated $ 95 million Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project for around one million consumers of Rawalpindi in the territorial jurisdiction of Islamabad Electric Supply Company (IESC). Addressing the event organized by IESCO, the minister said that the project will help eliminate theft, further improve electricity delivery, not accuse other users of electricity…
Read MoreOGRA reduces prices of imported LNG
The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) on Friday notified 2.34 percent reduction in the prices of imported LNG for the consumers of the Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) and 2.48 percent for the consumers of the Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) for the month of November. In a monthly review of LNG prices for November, the price of…
Read MorePakistan and China Sign Agreement for Lithium Mining for EV Batteries
China-Pakistan Joint Research Centre on Earth Sciences (CPJRC) has signed a strategic agreement with Tianqi Lithium, a Chinese mining and manufacturing company, at a global event on the lithium battery industry held in Sichuan, China. The move was taken to further research and explore Pakistan’s Lithium reserves, as per a statement from the CPJRC. According to the strategic agreement, both…
Read MoreRisen Energy signed 150 MW Distribution agreement with Royal Solar
Multan: Risen Energy has announced that it has signed a Distribution agreement with Royal Solar in Pakistan.At the signing ceremony, Mr Muhammad Ahsan, Risen Country Sales Head for Pakistan, stated:“We are delighted to cooperate and joins hands with Royal Solar one of the country’s most top Distributors in solar industry to enhance Pakistan capacity to produce more solar energy.Leo Risen,…
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