Year: 2022

FESCO to spend Rs6.1 billion for purchasing new transformers, electric poles, wires

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FESCO’s Board of Directors (BoD) has approved the purchase of new transformers, electricity poles, wires and other gadgets with an estimated cost of Rs 6.1 billion to improve power transmission and  distribution system of the company. A spokesman for the Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) said on Sunday the company had so far purchased 8200 new transformers, 8350 kilometers conductors of 11-KV, 715,000 new  electricity meters, 500 steel poles of 58 feet length each and 23,000 dropout cutouts while 30,000 AMI meters would also be purchased to replace 15-kw load…

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SSGC reports 40 mmcfd drop in gas supply

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The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has reported a further drop of 40 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas in its system from two production fields, widening the gap between the demand and supply of the fuel in the current winter season to over 300mmcfd on Saturday. “SSGC is facing a cumulative drop of 40mmcfd from Bhit and Sawan gas fields since Saturday morning due to technical faults,” SSGC reported on Saturday. “The drop has badly affected the SSGC (supply) systems.” The decline occurred at a time when…

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Forgotten SOPs for traffic and snow clearance led to disaster

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Detailed SOPs framed and implemented for many years for the traffic and snow clearance arrangements in Murree during the winter season seem to have been ignored by the Buzdar government. A copy of the nine-page SOPs, issued during the last government, envisaged a comprehensive joint action plan of all departments concerned with detailed mechanisms to ensure snow clearance and smooth flow of traffic in this important hill resort of the country. Sources in the bureaucracy said that every year before the winter season, the former Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif used…

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Nagpur Municipal Corporation produces Bio-CNG from waste

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Nagpur Municipal Corporation produces Bio-CNG and green hydrogen from waste. This eliminates the need for the body to bear additional capital spending and operating or maintenance costs. Municipalities use approximately 1,050 metric tons of waste to extract Bio-CNG. NMC supplies a Dutch-based company with 1,000 MT of wet and dry waste daily, and the company purchases 25 acres of land to set up the plant and also bears the cost of operation and maintenance. increase. Similarly, the company also guarantees that it will share some revenue with NMC. Minister of…

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No Chinese solar suppliers approved under revised scheme, developers’ costs may rise

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Close to two years after the launch of approved list of model and module manufacturers (ALMM) for supplies to solar projects, no Chinese manufacturer has been approved by the Indian government. To be on the list of approved supplier, a firm is required to undergo mandatory inspection of models and manufacturing sites.Chinese manufacturers told FE despite completing all the necessary formalities none of their sites and models were inspected by the National Institute of Solar Energy or NISE, the nodal agency mandated by the Indian government, due to the travel…

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