Opinion Coal power plants: early retirement? Recently, a conference was held in Islamabad on the proposal of “Early Retirement of Coal Power Plants”. Those... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Opinion ‘Transitioning away’ from fossil fuels COP28 has ended with a compromise solution. There was one side, led by the developed countries, and climate ... Updated 19 Dec, 2023 05:43am
Opinion COP28: emerging role of nuclear power Nuclear power is a zero carbon source of energy, meaning that during its operations, no carbon is produced or... Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am
Opinion Reducing smog through bio-diesel Smog has been causing major problems in country’s social and economic life. There is no need to describe the ... Published 26 Nov, 2023 03:31am
Opinion The CNG option Recently, a controversy arose when some oil-gas producing company sold its to-be-flared gas to some CNG dealers.... Published 19 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Opinion Creating market for rice stubble Every winter season, starting from October to January, air pollution and smog dawn on Central Punjab. Cold... Updated 16 Nov, 2023 06:09am
Opinion Seaweed farming: A multi-pronged resource There is a renewed emphasis in Pakistan on Carbon Credit market with a view to earning revenue and as well as meet... Published 12 Nov, 2023 03:14am
Opinion Gas tariffs and reforms—II However, some increase in small and medium category tariff will have to be, willy-nilly, done to cover the costs. In... Updated 11 Oct, 2023 04:30am
Opinion Gas tariff and reforms—I The government is to announce new gas tariff for the current financial year (1st July 2023-30th June 2024). The... Published 06 Oct, 2023 03:03am
Opinion Power sector controversy: take-or-pay contracts Energy prices have increased tremendously which has created controversy and unrest in the country. IPP contracts are... Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am
Opinion Oil price hike Petroleum prices have been increased; petrol is costing Rs 305.34 per Liter and diesel Rs 311.84. It is an increase... Updated 14 Sep, 2023 06:36am
Opinion Doing away with GST on electricity? It is already happening what was expected. People have come out against rising electricity bills. Protests may... Published 30 Aug, 2023 03:33am
Opinion Pakistan mineral outlook Recently, an important conference, ‘Pakistan Mineral Summit’, has been organised in Islamabad by the Petroleum... Updated 16 Aug, 2023 06:18am
Opinion Solar PV indigenization: strategy and scope Solar energy is the energy of present and future. Pakistan is importing almost all of the solar equipment from... Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am
Opinion Reducing rising electricity tariff? — III In the previous space, we focused on immediate financial restructuring solutions for enabling reduction in... Updated 01 Aug, 2023 06:43am
Opinion Reducing rising electricity tariff?—II LIBOR has gone up; thus a case for reduction of this margin suitably. Second solution is increase in the repayment... Updated 26 Jul, 2023 06:38am
Opinion Reducing rising electricity tariff?-I NEPRA (National Electric Power Authority) has increased electricity base tariff by Rs 4.96 per unit from Rs 24.82 ... Published 23 Jul, 2023 03:25am
Opinion Towards biogas policy Biogas has acquired a new fillip in the wake of the Ukraine conflict in Europe. The latter wants to acquire... Published 12 Jul, 2023 06:39am
Opinion And now Hydrogen from Earth A new source of Hydrogen has been discovered recently. It has been named Natural/White Hydrogen. It is extracted... Updated 06 Jul, 2023 02:46pm
Opinion Power plant retirement policy There are plans to retire 19 power plants of an aggregate capacity of 7339 MW as per IGCEP (Integrated Generation... Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am
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