Category: News & Announcement

Crown Group, a local auto parts manufacturer in Pakistan launched a two-door and two-person hatchback electric vehicle (EV) a few weeks ago. It costs Rs400,000. The company has three and four-person versions as well, all under Rs1million — quite affordable compared to existing combustion engine models. Contingent on the now-forgotten implementation of the Electric Vehicle Policy, the company intends to ramp up production having partnered with eight Chinese EV companies. In January, rickshaw maker Sazgar Engineering launched its first electric rickshaw as well. Other players are bringing EV buses. It…

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The exodus of international partners and the global gas glut raise doubts about the economic viability of an already challenged sector Canada was hoping to catch the mid-2020s next global LNG export wave in a big way when a Shell-led consortium announced FID for the first phase of the massive LNG Canada project in October 2018.  The nascent Canadian LNG industry plans to produce the “cleanest” gas in the world, given the country’s abundant and cheap hydropower and world-leading regulatory and corporate efforts to mitigate methane emissions. But this may not…

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State-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids from wind and solar plants to supply 5,000 mega-watt (MW) power under a round-the-clock scheme. The scheme involves purchases of renewable energy, along with coal-based power, so that buyers have the assurance of uninterrupted electricity supply. Renewable power may include a combination of solar, wind and small hydro power with or without any energy storage system. It also aims to provide a leg-up to the renewable energy sector by addressing the issues of intermittency, limited hours of supply and low…

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Railway Ministry has planned to electrify the remaining broad gauge routes on the network by the month of December 2023 Indian Railways bets big on electrification and renewable energy! The Indian Railways network will be completely electrified soon as Piyush Goyal-led Railway Ministry has planned to electrify the remaining broad gauge routes on the network by the month of December 2023. Recently, in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal shared that the Railway Ministry has planned to source around 1000 megawatt (MW)…

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Hong Kong (CNN)Factories were shuttered and streets were cleared across China’s Hubei province as authorities ordered residents to stay home to stop the spread of the coronavirus.It seems the lockdown had an unintended benefit — blue skies.The average number of “good quality air days” increased 21.5% in February, compared to the same period last year, according to China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment.And Hubei wasn’t alone.Satellite images released by NASAand the European Space Agency show a dramatic reduction in nitrogen dioxide emissions — those released by vehicles, power plants and industrial…

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