Day: December 11, 2022

A Critical Moment For South Africa’s Energy Industry

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South Africa is in the midst of an energy crisis, despite its significant oil, gas, and renewable energy potential. This is mainly due to a prolonged economic crisis and poor management of the state-owned utility. Instability in the country’s energy industry has meant that new developments have been shrouded in uncertainty, with the hope that they will eventually boost South Africa’s energy security.  An array of economic reforms has been released by the South African government in a bid to improve the country’s declining economy, and some seem to be working.…

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Pakistan Unable to Diversify Sources of Energy to Overcome Crisis: Report

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Pakistan is making efforts to find a new energy alliance to ensure an uninterrupted energy supply to households and industries, Geo-Politik reported. Pakistan is trying to diversify its energy sources for tackling the energy crisis. A delegation of Pakistani ministers, including the Minister of State (Petroleum Division) Musadik Masood Malik travelled to Kazakhstan from November 8-11. During the visit, Pakistani ministers held a meeting with Kazakh Minister for Energy Akchulakov Bilat Uralovich, as per the Geo-Politik report. The two sides discussed the possibility of connecting Kazakhstan’s existing natural gas pipeline…

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Experts Identify Causes behind NJHPP Tunnel Collapse

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A Panel of Experts (PoEs) in their interim report has identified eight causes of the collapse of 969-MW Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHPP) tunnel. This was revealed by the Chief Executive Officer (CEPO), NJHPP, Muhammad Arfan, while briefing Senate Standing Committee on Power headed by Senator Saifullah Abro. The CEO apprised the Committee in detail that it is a government scheme project, which was started in 2008 and completed in 2018. The PC-l was prepared in 1998 and approved in 2002. The length of the underground tunnel is 48 km…

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COP 27: Climate Justice Landmark or Empty Promises

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For better or for worse, the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt may be the most important iteration of the annual United Nations huddle since 2015 and Paris. Depending on how one sees it, COP 27 – the official abbreviation for the event with COP standing for Conference of the Parties – resulted in either the biggest win on climate since COP 15 and the Paris Agreement or represents the biggest missed opportunity. The Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan agreed at the end of the conference included…

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ECC Approves Sooner Start of Reko Diq Project

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The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the cabinet has approved sooner beginning of the work on the Reko Diq mining project, ARY News reported on Sunday. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar chaired the ECC session by video link, which approved two agenda items with regard to the Reko Diq gold and copper mining project in Balochistan. Federal Ministry of Finance has said that the ECC approved sooner beginning of work on the Reko Diq project. The Supreme Court in a recent verdict on the gold and copper mining project ruled that…

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