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Karachi is suffering under double load-shedding-Electricity and Gas. Both companies are blaming each other. Karachi, being on the coast, should not have had gas problems, but for its gas company. Northern Pakistan would have additional problem of lack of pipeline, even if additional gas is made available either through imports or local production. There is a popular demand of ending KE monopoly already. We would like to add gas to this and examine the pros and cons of the proposal in the following: However, it is possible to introduce two…

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Advancing the discussion from June 2020, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) held its second meeting of the Collaborative Framework on Hydropower. With more than 100 attendees from 49 Members and States in Accession, the virtual meeting witnessed a high level of engagement to take advantage of the knowledge and expertise that exists within the Agency and its global Membership. The two-hour session was moderated by H.E. Mr. Jean-Christophe Fueeg, Head of International Energy Affairs at the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Switzerland. Today, hydropower is…

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The state of Texas and its taxpayers could be on the hook for paying up to US$117 billion for the cleaning-up of abandoned wells as a growing number of U.S. oil companies go bust, and the guarantees for paying for the cleanup cover only 1 percent of estimated costs, a report by climate finance think-tank Carbon Tracker showed on Thursday. U.S. oil and gas producing states and taxpayers may have to pay in total as much as US$280 billion in cleanup costs, with Texas leading with US$117 billion, followed by…

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Denmark cleared on Thursday the final hurdle to Nord Stream 2 potentially starting operations in Danish waters, while the U.S. continues its attempt to stop the Russia-led natural gas pipeline project. On Thursday, the Danish Energy Agency said it had granted Nord Stream 2 AG, the company behind the project, an operations permit for the Nord Stream 2 pipelines on the Danish continental shelf, on a number of conditions. “Commissioning can only take place when at least one of the pipelines has been tested, verified and when relevant conditions in…

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Net-zero goals cannot be met by rising renewable energy usage and wider adoption of electrification in transport alone. The world will need to reduce the emissions from existing energy systems and from heavy industries such as cement, steel, or chemicals production if it hopes to meet the ambitious climate goals and stick to the target in the Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius. The decarbonization of the energy infrastructure, the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in heavy industries, and the production of low-carbon…

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