Syed Akhtar Ali

May 27, 2018

Promoting RTS

Roof Top Solar (RTS) has been responsible for promoting expansion of solar power worldwide. Under RTS, electricity is produced by the consumer by installing solar panel […]
May 7, 2018

Jamshoro plant’s low cost shows power of competition

ISLAMABAD: Recently, the Power Division secretary signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract in Islamabad for the Jamshoro coal power plant. The plant with 1,320-megawatt power […]
April 23, 2018

Opinion: K-Electric – a private enterprise without competition

ISLAMABAD: Karachi continues to suffer from heat and load-shedding. The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra)’s inquiry committee went and came back with its recommendations, putting responsibility […]
April 16, 2018

To perform better: K-Electric’s power generation function could be separated

ISLAMABAD: It is too painful to see Karachi suffering due to lack of electricity in scorching heat. This is despite the available generation capacity within Karachi that […]
April 2, 2018

Growing gas demand can be tackled by building storages in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: At present, political parties are defining and refining their agendas or manifestoes. Normally before elections, they are more attentive and keen to listen and later […]
March 18, 2018

Electricity for All: Rural electrification – II

For cooking and heating needs, biogas and biomass solutions are there which can be installed for household clusters. This is being done already, commercially and as […]
March 11, 2018

Electricity for All: Rural electrification – I

Energy is a basic necessity of life required both by rural and urban populace. Overall, two-third of Pakistan’s population has access to electricity and 20% have […]
March 4, 2018

Oil market

There are two major issues that would be affecting the oil market in Pakistan. One is the emergence of Electrical Vehicles in mid-term to long-term future. […]
February 26, 2018

Taking cue from US, construction and textile moguls can produce oil, gas

ISLAMABAD: The energy crisis has been resolved or is on its way to a temporary resolution through imported resources like liquefied natural gas (LNG). A long-term solution, […]