Energy

By Humair Ishtiaq

The national energy crisis getting worse by the day is causing serious heartburn at the domestic level and adding to the financial woes of industrial and trading classes. The worse part is that people across the board are beginning to lose hope on that count.

The highest offices in the land have been handing out assurances on a routine basis for the past ten years or so and there have been a lot of talk about diversifying the country’s energy mix and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels but with little change in the ground reality.

The frustration is mounting and is not without a reason. According to Economic Survey of Pakistan, energy shortages caused a loss of more than two per cent of the GDP to the national economy during the last fiscal year. The supply of petroleum products to the energy sector increased by a couple of million tons during this period, which, said the Survey, was “mainly because of a lack of adequate power supply” that forced the industry to use “more generators because of the prolonged loadshedding.”Read More »Innovative generation of power in Pakistan

Work is initiated on exploiting energy potential of coal reserves of Thar which will start producing electricity within two years, enough for next 40 Years, without any single Second of Load Shedding. These reserves of coal worth US $ 25 trillion can not only cater the electricity requirements of the country for next 100 years but also save almost four billion dollars in staggering oil import bill.Read More »Islamabad: Electricity production from Thar coal within two years

ENGR HUSSAIN AHMAD SIDDIQUI

The planners have put in a spanner, as it appears, in the whole process of utilising Punjab’s indigenous large coal reserves for power generation that was launched last year on a fast-track basis. In a major policy shift, the government of Punjab has now announced to develop a 200-MW capacity power project based on “imported” coal.
Read More »Punjab’s 200 megawatts coal-based power project

* ‘Chronic mistrust’ among provinces, central government

The summer’s floods in Pakistan have reopened a quarter-century-old debate on whether to build a large hydroelectric dam on the Indus River or not, a dispute that has split the nation along regional lines.

Supporters say the water reservoir could have prevented much of the floods’ devastation and boosted agricultural production along the river. Opponents say just the opposite.

The debate over the Kalabagh Dam shows how the worst natural disaster in Pakistan’s history, affecting some 20 million people, has unearthed deep fissures in its society. There is a chronic mistrust among the provinces and the central government, and critics accuse wealthy landowners of naked self-interest in wanting to ensure the Indus keeps irrigating their crops. Read More »ISLAMABAD: Floods renew Kalabagh Dam debate

By Mansoor Ahmad LAHORE: Pakistan is producing expensive electricity because of its dependence on furnace oil and lack of use of sources such as wind, sunlight and coal, a study of power generation capacity of different countries reveals.
According to World Coal Institute, 41.5 percent of global electricity in the world is produced through coal, 21.1 percent through gas, 16 percent through water resources, 14.6 percent through nuclear power plants and only 5.8 percent through oil. Wind, biomass and sunlight account for 2.3 percent of global electricity production.
World Coal Institute states that China produces 79 percent of its electricity from coal, India 69 percent, United States 49 percent, Germany 46 percent and Poland and South Africa more than 90 percent. Read More »‘Pakistan producing expensive electricity in region’

Associated Press of Pakistan

 ISLAMABAD: Member Science and Technology of Planning Commission of Pakistan Dr Samar Mubarakmand said that the magnitude of Pakistan’s coal deposit is several times more than total oil reserves of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Iran and Iraq.

“We can generate 100 million barrels of diesel and 30,000 MW of electricity from our coal deposits for 500 years,” he said while addressing the participants of 21st Convocation of National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, (NU-FAST) here.

“The country endowed with the second largest deposit of coal in the world at Tharparkar, confirmed deposit of copper and gold at Reko-Diq valued at 1.2 trillion dollars and third biggest asset of the country is extremely intelligent and well trained human resource” he said.Read More »‘30,000MW can be generated from coal deposits in Pakistan’

By Tahir Khalil

The Energy Sector Task Force Report (ESTFR) of the FODP provides a roadmap to eliminate energy deficit in Pakistan in the next three years.

It includes a detailed set of recommendations and an action plan to enable the country to achieve energy security and sustainability.

The report recommends five key areas of reforms and investments to sustain Pakistan’s energy sector and expand its capacity to meet the present and future requirements. The ultimate objective for the energy sector is to achieve complete financial and technical sustainability. The immediate objective is to eliminate loadshedding in the next three years.
Read More »ISLAMABAD: Roadmap to eliminate energy deficit in Pakistan

LAHORE: Power generation through steam turbines is environment friendly and it lowers dependence on the national grid.

Chief executive officer of a private turbine manufacturing firm, Mian Suhail Hussain, said this while giving a presentation on power generation through steam turbines at Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry here on Friday. One solution to curb the high cost of electricity and acute power shortage is to produce electricity through steam turbines, he explained. LCCI Acting President, Ijaz A. Mumtaz, and former LCCI President, Mian Anjum Nisar, were also present on the occasion.Read More »Power through steam turbines can address energy issue in Pakistan

Muhammad Daheem

Pakistan is facing a major energy crisis due to huge difference between demand and supply of electricity. The country is facing a serious shortfall of 4500MW to 5500MW per day at peak hours. This shortage has paralyzed our industry, commerce and everyday life. Basically the issue is because of corrupt and unstable governments, mafia groups, mismanagement in public sector, irresponsible bureaucracy, lack of political will and negative power politics in Pakistan. It also shows failure of policies and practices of our successive governments. It seems there is no proper planning to overpower the giant of energy crisis. Proper attention has not been given to the soaring demand for energy that may be 44% over the next decade. Read More »Resolving energy crisis in Pakistan

Water heating system, garden lights, and some internal wiring of the President House and the Prime Minister House will be replaced with solar powered system to encourage the renewable energy plan, said Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) chief.Read More »ISLAMABAD: President, PM House to use solar energy