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Karachi 28, June 2021: With the monsoon season drawing closer, K-Electric (KE) and the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) jointly inaugurated two newly elevated sub-stations located within DHA’s Phase 4 & 8 locales. The inauguration ceremony for two of the substations was chaired by the DHA Administrator – Brigadier Rai Asim Mustafa. Others in attendance were DHA’s Chief Engineer – Col. Rashid Javed Butt, DHA Project Development Director Col. Arshad Qadeer Sheikh (Rtd), DHA Director Marketing – Col. Kashif Afzal (Rtd), DHA Director Coordination – Col. Bilal Ahmed Sheikh (Rtd) and…

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Opposing the Sui Southern Gas Company demand for an increase of Rs 153.16 per MMBTU in gas prescribed tariff, All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has requested Ogra to decrease it and fix it at Rs 450/MMBTU for export oriented zero rated industries. Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority will hold public hearing today (Monday) on the SSGC petition for the increase of Rs 153.16 per MMBTU in the prescribed prices of gas for 2021-22 to meet the revenue shortfall and RLNG services. According to the petitions, SSGC has asked for…

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Perturbed from gas load-shedding, textile exporters have threatened to move their industries to other countries. In a statement issued on Saturday, Pakistan Apparel Forum (PAF) Chairman Jawed Bilwani said that textile exporters have formed a committee for due diligence to shift industries in the wake of gas crises and unviable business environment. During a meeting of prominent textile exporters of Pakistan, it was mentioned that since last 15 days (from June 11 2021) there was zero gas pressure, which has crippled industries and halted export production. “During fiscal year 2020-21,…

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U.S.-based wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has confirmed plans for a 2 GW wafer and cell production facility in India. The unit is being planned under the Indian government’s production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme, which aims to drive deployment of every stage of the solar supply chain, from polysilicon to module manufacturing. A spokesperson for the company told pv magazine it is exploring manufacturing opportunities for its ‘direct wafer’ production process in India and the business said it is also seeking solar module partners. “The Indian government has made domestic solar manufacturing…

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Developers have built hundreds of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon basin to take advantage of the allegedly “green” energy generated by its complex of rivers. But climate researchers now know hydropower is not as good for the environment as once assumed. Though no fossil fuels are burned, the reservoirs release millions of tons of methane and carbon dioxide as vegetation decays underwater. So called run-of-river (ROR) dams like Belo Monte along the Xingu River, which have smaller reservoirs and channels allowing reduced river flow, were meant to address the problem,…

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