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WAPDA Chairman Lt Gen Muzammil Hussain (Retd) has said that as many as 20 million acres of virgin land can be brought under irrigated agriculture in Pakistan if water is made available by constructing dams. WAPDA is executing a number of mega projects scheduled to be completed by 2029 in a phased manner and the water storage will increase from 13 Million Acre Feet (MAF) to 24 MAF with an addition of 11.7 MAF that will help irrigate 1.6 million acres of land in the country, he added. He was…

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The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has deregulated the private generation of up to 25kW to promote renewable distributed generation and net metering. “Distributed generation facility using solar or wind power generation of up to 25 kilowatt, connected with the network of a distributed licensee through the net metering facility, shall not require a generation licence from the Nepra,” a notification said. The power regulator issued a total of 8,417 net-metering licences with an accumulated capacity of 146MW during FY21. The growth of distributed generation in Pakistan reveals a…

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Province’s sole gas distributor Sui Southern Gas Company Limited has Friday announced there shall be no CNG or RLNG for the gas stations on Nov 14 (Sunday) for a 24-hour-period across Sindh.https://www.facebook.com/v2.9/plugins/quote.php?app_id=106170627023&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df902a8213eeabc%26domain%3Dnation.com.pk%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fnation.com.pk%252Ff324085e7ee98fc%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=779&href=https%3A%2F%2Fnation.com.pk%2F13-Nov-2021%2Fno-cng-rlng-on-nov-14-across-sindh-ssgc-announces&locale=en_US&sdk=joey The gas utility provider said the availability of gas has decreased and has resulted in depletion of line pack, due to which starting 8 am on Nov 14, there will be an outage of gassed fuels on the stations across Sindh. However, it said in the same announcement that the gas supply will resume at 8 am the…

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One of the highlights of this year’s U.N. Climate Change Conference, COP26, has been that over 40 countries pledged to phase out coal from the power sector. However, beyond power generation, some of the most heavy-polluting, fossil fuel-reliant industries are steel, iron, cement, and concrete – the same industries that are crucial to aspirations of development in Asia and beyond. While developed countries have moved away from the secondary economy (manufacturing) to the tertiary economy (services), developing countries are expected to witness rapid growth in infrastructure projects in the coming…

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Nearly a dozen Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden on Monday to fight high gas prices by considering a release of barrels from the nation’s emergency oil stockpile, or even taking the more extreme step of banning oil exports. In the letter, Senators Elizabeth Warren, Sherrod Brown, Jack Reed and others warned that the seven-year high in gas prices has “placed an undue burden on families and small businesses trying to make ends meet.”“In light of these pressing concerns, we ask that you consider all tools available at your…

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