Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project to Remain Closed for Additional Two Years

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The Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project (NJHPP), with a capacity of 969 MW, has been completely shut down for over two months. Despite this, the root cause of the problem has not yet been identified. According to a report by Dawn newspaper, officials familiar with the situation have stated that the issue appears to be more significant than initially anticipated. The 500 billion PKR project, located near Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir, might remain closed for another 18 to 24 months. They indicated that the decrease in the Head Race Tunnel (HRT)…

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Indonesian government abolishes net metering

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Indonesian government abolishes net metering February 27, 2025 The Indonesian government has ended net metering for rooftop solar installations. The Jakarta-based Institute for Essential Services Reform says this could make it harder for the country to meet its solar deployment targets, as PV installations will become more expensive for households and small businesses. Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) has enacted MEMR Regulation No. 2/2024, which abolishes net metering for rooftop PV installations. The country first introduced net metering in November 2018. It allowed solar project owners to export…

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2023 a satisfying year for WAPDA hydel generation, under construction projectsWAPDA generates 34 billion units hydel electricity; 2.2 billion more than last year WAPDA achieves major milestones on under construction projects

December 29, 2023: The outgoing year 2023 has been a satisfying year for hydropower and water sectors in Pakistan. The country witnessed increased generation of hydel electricity, while under-construction WAPDA projects in water and hydropower sectors also achieved major milestones in 2023.WAPDA generated about 34 billion units of low-cost, clean and green hydel electricity in 2023, which is 2.2 billion units more than that of the last year.This increased hydel generation helped national exchequer save about Rs. 106 billion, if same quantum of electricity was to be generated through expensive,…

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140 Years of Wind Power: As the World Reaches 1 Mio MW, New Discovery Shows that the World’s First Wind Generator Was Installed in 1883

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140 Years of Wind Power: The World Reaches 1 Million Megawatt New Discovery: Austrian Engineer Josef Friedländer installed the first wind generator in Vienna already in 1883 Bonn, 31 July 2023 (WWEA) – Mankind has been making use of the power of the wind for thousands of years. The first machines driven by wind in forms of wind mills were invented more than 1000 years ago, potentially even much earlier. When human beings started to use electricity, several engineers in various countries began soon experiments how wind energy could be…

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