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India’s IWT Suspension May Push Up Power Costs, Warns SDPI Expert

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hydro-power

KARACHI: Dr. Khalid Waheed, Research Fellow at the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), has warned that India’s suspension of the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) could drive up electricity costs in Pakistan by reducing hydropower generation and forcing reliance on expensive fossil fuels. Speaking at a seminar organised by the Council of Economic and Energy Journalists (CEJ), Dr. Waheed said hydropower remains Pakistan’s cheapest energy source, but even a 1% reduction in river flows could increase generation costs by Rs 5.8 billion. A further one-rupee depreciation of the rupee would add…

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Govt Allocates 222 MMCFD Indigenous Gas to Three Fertiliser Plants

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New-LNG

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has approved the allocation of 222 MMCFD indigenous gas from the Ghazij/Shawal reservoir at Mari Gas Field to three fertiliser plants in a bid to stabilise urea and DAP prices. The decision, finalised by a committee led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Ishaq Dar, will now go before the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) for formal approval. Under the plan, FFC Port Qasim, Fatimafert (Sheikhupura), and Agritech (Daud Khel) will receive 104, 68, and 50 MMCFD respectively. The fertiliser companies will invest over USD…

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Federal Minister for Petroleum Ali Pervaiz Malik Visits Jalalpur Pirwala, Reviews Flood-Affected Gas Pipeline

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Jalalpur Pirwala / Multan:Federal Minister for Petroleum, Mr. Ali Pervaiz Malik, paid a visit to Jalalpur Pirwala today, where he conducted a detailed inspection of the 36-inch diameter gas pipeline damaged in the recent floods. He was accompanied by the Federal Secretary for Petroleum Mr. Momin Agha,Managing Director of Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) and other senior officials. Petroleum Minister reiterated that public safety and convenience remain the government’s foremost priority, adding that all relevant departments are on high alert to ensure a prompt response to any emergency.He informed…

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Beyond power generation: How China’s Heqi No. 1 explores nuclear energy to cut carbon emissions

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BEIJING, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 September 2025 – At the Tianwan Nuclear Power Station (TNPS), located in Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, eight nuclear power units are lined up, among which six operational units have a total installed capacity of over 6.6 million kilowatts, supplying approximately 158 million kilowatt-hours of clean electricity daily to the East China Power Grid. Today, the station has taken on a new mission: producing industrial steam. In June 2024, Heqi No. 1, China’s first industrial-use nuclear energy steam supply project, was officially put…

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Husum Wind 2025: WWEA Presents Outlines of Community Engagement Guidelines 

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WWEA

Bonn/Husum At the main wind power event in Germany this year, WWEA presented an outline of the WWEA Community Engagement Guidelines for the first time. WWEA Secretary General Stefan Gsänger highlighted the document’s key elements, which will be published in full during the forthcoming 22nd World Wind Energy Conference WWEC2025 in Shantou, China, from 3-5 December 2025.   This was followed by a presentation of the ‘Steinfurt Engagement Guidelines‘ by Jörg Tiemann, which set out concrete standards for community engagement in the German district of Steinfurt, including a certification scheme.  In 2024, WWEA…

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