Energy

CAIRO (May 24 2010): Egypt’s Sewedy Cables is considering investing in Pakistan’s wind energy sector, Pakistan’s foreign minister said in Cairo on Sunday. “We have met with the Sewedy group yesterday and they have shown interest in investing in the energy sector in Pakistan. They have expertise and technology to fulfil our requirements,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi told reporters.Read More »Egypt’s Sewedy eyeing wind energy investment in Pakistan

TOKYO: Toyota Motor said on Friday it is to acquire a 50 million dollar stake in Tesla Motors and will jointly develop electric vehicles with the Silicon Valley firm.

Toyota and Tesla Motors, based in Palo Alto, California, “intend to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support,” they said in a joint statement.Read More »Toyota teams up with Tesla Motors to make electric cars

Humayun Akhtar Khan

The total installed power-generation capacity in Pakistan is about 20,000 MW. At any point in time, only about 75 per cent of it is operational. Pakistan`s demand is around 15,000 MW. The operational capacity and demand seem to match. Why is it, then, that we are only able to produce a little over 10,000 MW these days, to suffer the huge load-shedding and industry closures? Read More »Resolving the energy crisis in Pakistan

* Dealers’ cartel manipulating prices, causing artificial shortage
* Non-genuine batteries flood market, add to consumers’ woes

LAHORE: Prices of gadgets that provide electricity during power outages are skyrocketing in the provincial capital, in the face of government assurances to curtail load shedding.
Read More »LAHORE: UPS, battery prices skyrocket

The government has prepared solar energy policy and investors should invest in this lucrative sector, said Board of Investment Director General, Nasreen Ali.Read More »KARACHI: Solar energy policy finalized

Associated Press of Pakistan

 Ministry of Water and Power would electrify around 100 villages through solar energy this year as part of its programme to ensure electricity in every part of the country.Read More »ISLAMABAD:100 villages to be electrified through solar power

Pakistan’s economic development and prosperity depend on how successfully
the country ensures abundant supply of reliable and affordable energy. If the energy
problem is not tackled effectively, the population’s sufferings will increase

 Read More »Coal power plant a viable solution to Pakistan’s energy crisis

For Pakistan, the benefits of alternative energy would be twofold: it would not only help solve our chronic power crisis but also help reduce the alarming levels of pollution found within the country

The high import bills paid for depleting fossil fuels around the world, as well as the pollution being caused by their use, has compelled acknowledgement of the need to adopt renewable energy resources.Read More »Time to get serious about alternative energy —Syed Mohammad Ali