Gul Ahmed says will install a 17.1MW rooftop solar plant Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited (GATM), one of the country’s largest textile mills, announced that it will install a... Updated 21 Mar, 2024 09:56pm
Business & Finance Solar-powered tubewells: HBL sets industry benchmark with over Rs2bn worth of financing KARACHI: HBL, the Best Bank in Agriculture Financing leads with over Rs 2 billion in financing for solar-powered... Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am
Opinion Solar companies should consider a marketing shift In the contemporary discourse, the pervasive buzz around green energy often risks becoming a cliché, invoking the... Published 18 Jan, 2024 05:54am
Business & Finance HBL finances Rs1 bn for solar tube wells to boost renewable energy in Pakistan’s agriculture sector HBL set the industry benchmark with Rs 1 billion in financing for solar tube wells. The facility enables farmers to... Published 21 Nov, 2023 12:57pm
Markets World Bank -funded Sindh solar energy project remains delayed ISLAMABAD: The implementation of the Sindh solar energy project funded by the World Bank remains delayed with the... Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am
Business & Finance APTMA seeks ‘competitive’ electricity tariff ISLAMABAD: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has sought electricity tariff competitive with regional... Updated 10 Oct, 2023 08:47am
Markets PSA praises govt for maintaining current net metering rate LAHORE: Pakistan Solar Association (PSA) has thanked the caretaker government for maintaining current Net Metering... Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am
Business & Finance Lucky Cement completes installation of 25MW captive solar power plant Lucky Cement, one of Pakistan’s largest cement manufacturer, on Monday announced the successful commissioning of its... Updated 21 Aug, 2023 04:06pm
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
Pakistan PM launches Rs377bn project to convert 100,000 agriculture tube wells on solar power Shehbaz says low-cost power supply is inevitable to make Pakistan's exports competitive Updated 08 Aug, 2023 10:45pm
Perspectives Agrivoltaics: looking to solve Pakistan’s food and energy conundrum at the same time In what could only be called the climax moment of a movie that was dragging on, Pakistani authorities managed to... Published 29 Jul, 2023 04:01pm
Opinion Energy transition: green dreams, brown realities The world energy landscape is transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables to address energy and environmental... Published 26 Jul, 2023 06:47am
Markets Pakistan’s power generation cost drops significantly in June The total cost of generating electricity in the country decreased significantly by 35%, hitting Rs9.63 KWh in June... Updated 22 Jul, 2023 09:39pm
Print $5bn Chashma-5 N-plant to produce power at Rs20 per unit: Country has swallowed a bitter pill? ISLAMABAD: The dollar-deficient Pakistan is said to have accepted a bitter pill of $ 5 billion Chashma-5 (C-5)... Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:50am
Print ECNEC approves Rs377bn agri tube-well solarisation plan ISLAMABAD: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved “Prime Minister’s... Updated 12 Jul, 2023 08:50am
Markets India to cut power tariff during solar hours, raise for peak hours NEW DELHI: Power tariff in India would be up to 20% less during solar hours and up to 20% higher during peak hours... Published 23 Jun, 2023 10:58am
Print PM lays focus on solar energy imperative Reviews process of formulation of policy regarding alternative sources of energy especially solar Updated 18 Jun, 2023 09:52am
Business & Finance Shift to solar energy can cut inflation: NBG KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum, Mian... Published 16 Jun, 2023 06:27am
Markets Minister reviews green hydrogen project KARACHI: Sindh Energy Minister Sindh Imtiaz Ahmad Sheikh on Wednesday presided over a meeting regarding ... Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:30am
Print PM for making energy sector reforms part of budget ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to discuss budget proposals... Updated 07 Jun, 2023 09:11am
Print PM for public-friendly budget: PMO ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed maximum public relief by utilising existing resources in the... Updated 06 Jun, 2023 08:48am
Markets Dastgir opens three-day ‘ISEM & IREM Exhibition’ LAHORE: The Federal Minister for Energy, Khurram Dastgir Khan has said that the renewable energy is the need of the... Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am
Markets KATI chief optimistic of renewable energy sources KARACHI President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Faraz-ur-Rehman has expressed hoped that... Published 17 May, 2023 06:22am
Print Multi-billion refinery to help bring oil prices down: Musadik ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Petroleum Dr Musadik Malik on Friday said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif had... Updated 29 Apr, 2023 11:40am
Print Solarisation of PM House, MPO: 10pc of bid price: one-time adjustment approved by AEDB ISLAMABAD: The Board of Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has accorded ex-post facto approval to a ... Updated 05 Apr, 2023 08:54am
Print 600MW solar project in jeopardy ISLAMABAD: The government’s flagship project of 600-MW solar plant at Muzaffargarh (South Punjab) is reportedly in... Updated 03 Apr, 2023 08:44am
Pakistan Need stressed for increasing use of solar energy PESHAWAR: Speakers at an international conference at Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering and Technology said... Published 27 Mar, 2023 06:15am
Markets 12th edition of Solar Pakistan exhibition inaugurated LAHORE: Pakistan’s biggest and only dedicated solar energy exhibition – 12th Edition of Solar Pakistan along ... Published 13 Mar, 2023 07:00am
World India taking steps to ensure adequate power supply during summer BENGALURU: India’s power ministry on Thursday said it has taken several steps to ensure adequate power ... Published 10 Mar, 2023 03:46am
Print Import of solar panels: SBP asks govt to prepare list of ‘reputable’ suppliers ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has proposed to the federal ministries to prepare a list of reputable... Updated 08 Mar, 2023 12:40pm