MANILA, PHILIPPINES:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today approved a $300 million policy-based loan that will help the Government of Pakistan to address financial sustainability, governance, and energy infrastructure policy constraints in Pakistan’s energy sector. The financing will support the first of three subprograms totaling $1 billion under the Energy Sector Reforms and Financial Sustainability […]
Power companies must consider underground laying of cables to avoid Great Indian Bustard deaths: Government
Noting that a miniscule population of less than 150 Great Indian Bustards was left in the country, a committee constituted on the directions of the National Green Tribunal, has decided to have a time-bound action plan to implement mitigation measu.. NEW DELHI: To protect the ‘critically’ endangered Great Indian Bustard, the Centre has asked electricity […]
PTI Govt Taking Steps To Generate Cheap Energy: Minister
ISLAMABAD, UrduPoint / Pakistan: Federal Minister for Energy, Omer Ayub Khan on Wednesday said that Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI), government was working on many projects to generate cheap energy in the country. Wind, solar and renewable energy projects would be completed in near future to meet the growing demand of industrial and other sectors […]
Pakistan to convert 30% of four, three-wheelers into electric vehicles
Federal minister for climate change Malik Amin Aslam after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday shared with media a detailed picture of how the government would implement the national EV policy ISLAMABAD : Pakistan has approved a policy under which 30 per cent of the four and three-wheelers in the country would be converted into electric […]
Imran Khan inaugurates 1,320 MW power plant under CPEC in Pakistan
The China Hub Power Plant is the first joint power project between Pakistan and China under the CPEC initiative KARACHI: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated a 1,320 Megawatt (MW) power plant in resources-rich Balochistan province that aims to generate low-cost electricity, an initiative under the ambitious US $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The China Hub Power Plant is the […]
Pakistan invites Chinese companies to set up solar panels, lithium battery manufacturing units
Pakistan has invited Chinese companies to take advantage of incentives offered by government for investment and set up solar panels and lithium battery manufacturing units in the country. The offer was made by Minister for Science and Technology, Fawad Hussain Chaudhry at a meeting with CEO of MERA PC Solutions in Beijing. The Minister said […]
Pakistan PM’s office faces power cut over dues
According to reports in the Pakistani media, the Pakistan Prime Minister’s Secretariat currently owes over 41 lakh rupees to IESCO. For the previous month, this amount was 35 lakh rupees Islamabad: The electricity supply to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Secretariat faces disconnection over non-payment of bills running into crores of rupees. The Islamabad Electric […]
Engro Energy To Invest USD 144.4 Million In 200mw Solar Power In Pakistan
Engro Energy Limited has approached National Electric Power Regulatory Authority seeking generation license for a cumulative 200MW solar power plants to be setup in Kuchlak Balochistan with an investment of USD 144.4 million. The wholly owned subsidiary of Engro Corporation plans to develop four solar power plants of 50MW each, namely Kuchlak-I, Kuchlak-II, Kuchlak-III and […]