Year: 2023

Training of engineers: Fesco chairman praises role of WEA

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WAPDA Engineering Academy (WEA) is playing a key role in the training of Engineers, Engineers from all over Pakistan are getting excellent results through utilizing this training in their professional life, these views were expressed by the Chairman Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) Board of Directors (BODs) Malik Tahseen Awan during his visit to WAPDA Engineering Academy Faisalabad. He said that WEA would be given the status of a university in future. He further said that engineers should maintain their individual identity and use all their skills to resolve the…

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PM orders replacing Chitral’s outdated power grid with modern system

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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday directed the authorities concerned to replace the outdated power grid of Chitral with modern infrastructure to ensure uninterrupted of electricity to residents. He asked the Ministry of Power to collaborate with Pakhtunkhwa Energy Development Board and devise a strategy in this regard. Chairing a high-level meeting to address the problems of electricity in Chitral, the prime minister directed Minister for Power Khurram Dastagir Khan, and the Secretary Power Division to submit a report in this regard after holding a meeting in Peshawar. PM Sharif…

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U.S. House Passes Bill To Limit SPR Withdrawals

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A bill designed to limit the Department of Energy’s ability to withdraw crude oil from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum reserve has passed the House, although U.S. President Biden promised previously to veto it. U.S. representatives in the House voted to pass the bill known as The Strategic Response Act, H.R. 21, in a vote 221 to 205, gaining the support of a single Democratic lawmaker. The bill will now go to the Democrat-led Senate, where its passage will be much less certain. If it passes both houses—and isn’t vetoed by…

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First glimpse as Dubai’s hydroelectric plant in Hatta takes shape

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The flow of water will soon help power businesses and homes in the UAE with clean energy. A huge hydroelectric power plant is under construction in the rugged Hajar Mountains, outside Dubai, that will utilise the turquoise waters of Hatta Dam. The station is planned for completion towards the end of 2024 and will have a production capacity of 250 megawatts. One megawatt can typically power 500 to 1,000 homes for a year. It will have a storage capacity of 1,500 megawatt hours and a lifespan of up to 80…

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India wants to keep third parties out of water treaty with Pakistan

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India has asked Pakistan to change a decades-old water-sharing agreement by barring third parties from intervening in disputes, an Indian government source said, a suggestion likely to rile Islamabad. The neighbours have been arguing over hydroelectric projects on the shared Indus river and its tributaries for many years – a dispute exacerbated by their standoff over Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Pakistan is concerned that India’s planned hydropower dams will cut flows on the river, which feeds 80% of its irrigated agriculture. Over the years it has asked…

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