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July 6, 2023

And now Hydrogen from Earth

A new source of Hydrogen has been discovered recently. It has been named Natural/White Hydrogen. It is extracted from earth crust through drilling as Natural Gas […]
June 26, 2023

Power plant retirement policy

There are plans to retire 19 power plants of an aggregate capacity of 7339 MW as per IGCEP (Integrated Generation Capacity Expansion Plan) in the period […]
June 19, 2023

Gwadar coal-based power plant impasse

ISLAMABAD: The Gwadar coal-power plant has reached an impasse. The project is being implemented under CPEC by a Chinese company. It is an important project affecting […]
May 24, 2023

Mapping the economics of imported coal-fired power plants

Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) has rejected the power generation tariff petition of Jamshoro Power Company Limited (JPCL), terming it too high and unaffordable by […]
May 17, 2023

Thar coal mine expansion

SECMC (Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company) has filed a tariff petition for expanding its capacity. This is a third expansion. The mine started its phase-I at […]
May 15, 2023

Local, global solar market trends

ISLAMABAD: There has always been a problem in Pakistan’s energy sector. Earlier, there were load-shedding issues due to generation capacity limitations. Now, there is capacity surplus […]
May 15, 2023

Power sector: debt relief and swaps

Chinese power plant investors and operators have been giving various kinds of ultimatums to the government of Pakistan for releasing due payments with respect to capacity […]
May 10, 2023

KE’s petition: case for integration

KE (K-Electric) has submitted a petition to Nepra (National Electric Power Regulatory Authority) for getting a separate generation tariff. NEPRA recently did its public hearing on […]
April 27, 2023

An electric regulatory authority for Sindh

Sindh cabinet has approved a draft bill for organizing a separate electricity regulatory body for Sindh — Sindh Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Sepra). It is not […]