Tag: Power

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to approve $36.8 million credit to the Turkish company Zorlu Enerji for its investment in constructing of Pakistan's first 56.4 megawatt (MW) wind power plant near Jhimpir in Sindh province.
According to sources the project is sanctioned by ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda and has sent to the board for approval. The loan to Zorlu Enerji will be diverted from ADB's ordinary capital resources, with interest based on London

ISLAMABAD: The Walters Power International and its Pakistani associate Pakistan Power Resources (PPR) headed by Iqbal Z Ahmed, promised the Supreme Court on Wednesday they would repay in full the mobilization advance along with interest to the government's Central Power Generation Company Ltd, which is said to give electricity production contracts and regulate them.
Both the companies were directed by the SC to repay the advance after detection of fraud by National Electric

BEIJING: China does not want to "replace" the United States from its dominant role in the world, and the world should not fear China's rise, the country's top diplomat wrote in an essay.
State Councillor Dai Bingguo said that China would not engage in an arms race, as the country's resources were better spent on development and ensuring its people had enough to eat. "The notion that China wants to replace the United States and dominate the world is a myth," Dai wrote in the

LAHORE: Lahore Electric Supply Company (LESCO) caught 95 citizens alleged of electricity theft from various parts of the city.
According to a press statement issued on Monday, LESCO staff conducted raids in Jallo Pind, Kotli Ghassi, Lallo Pind, Rasool Pura, Dhoori Pind, Mandiawala, Minhala, Shah Muahammad Da Wara, Chrag Da Wara, Alla Deen Wara, Dhoor Wala, Nawan pind Gujran, Hussain Park, Gujjar Colony and caught 95 power thieves.
According to the FIR lodged against the

ABIDJAN: Major donors put lending to Ivory Coast under review as incumbent Laurent Gbagbo and presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara fought for political control.
A Nov. 28 presidential election was meant to reunite the West African nation a 2002-3 civil war. But analysts warned of fresh unrest and a possible return to violence after Gbagbo and Ouattara both claimed victory in the disputed poll.
Citing a "breakdown of governance", the World Bank and the African

KARACHI: While people in the city are facing unabated power outages, The Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has started "preventive maintenance" of its power plants, to be completed during the next five months, causing further electricity shortages.
According to sources in KESC the maintenance works of all power generating units were to be carried out to ensure the functions of all plants during the summers. With the change in weather, which they claimed, was the perfect time

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to once more increase the tariffs for power and gas and prices of petroleum products during the month of December, official sources told Pakistan Today on Monday.
The prices of petroleum products are likely to go up by Rs 3 to Rs 5 per litre for the month of December, sources said.
However, they said that the increase in international petroleum prices would be less this time, as compared to last month, when petroleum products' prices

ISLAMABAD: The government has bifurcated Hyderabad Electric Power Company (HESCO) to establish a new power distribution company, Sukkur Electric Power Company (SEPCO), to meet the needs of an expanding population as well as to more effectively manage the transmission network.
The Ministry of Water and Power informed the National Assembly Standing Committee on Water and Power of their intention here on Saturday. Chairman Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah headed the meeting of the

ISLAMABAD: After the implementation of key power sector reforms, the board of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to approve a loan of $242 million on December 10 to help Pakistan improve its electricity transmission infrastructure in Manila.
According to official sources, the ADB board would approve financing the power distribution enhancement project, which focuses on improving electricity transmission. The financing will help remove bottlenecks in the power distribution

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is likely to approve on December 13 a private-sector loan of $100 million - with a political-risk guarantee of $50 million - for the 404-megawatt Uch II Power Plant in Balochistan.
The project involves the construction, erection and operation of the low British thermal unit (BTU) combined cycle power-plant. Uch II would be constructed adjacent to the 586 MW Uch 1 Power Plant at Dera Murad Jamali, which has been operational since 2000.

KARACHI
The Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC) is not going to get any additional electricity to be generated by the world's largest 'power ship' from Turkey. This meant that the people of Karachi will continue facing extended power cuts.
The ship would add its 232 megawatts of electricity to the national grid, or the WAPDA's grid. Once the addition has been made, PEPCO would reduce 232MW from its 650 MW supply to KESC, sources said. Moreover, it was not possible for

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday received six new F-16 aircraft from the United States, taking the number of such fighters with Pakistan Air Force to 12.
According to Pakistan Air Force spokesman, the new F-16 jets landed at the Shahbaz Air Base in Jacobabad and would be inducted to the Pakistan Air Force soon.
Pakistan had signed a contract with the US government in 2005-06 for the acquisition of 18, F-16 C/D Block 52 aircrafts. Under this arrangement, the Pakistan Air Force

KARACHI: During the second and third days of Eidul Azha when water is used more than usual to wash away the blood of slaughtered sacrificial animals and other purposes, the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) reduced 20 million gallons of the city's water supply.
"Yes, the city faced 20 million gallons water shortage on the second and third days of the Eid because there was a power shutdown at Dhabeji and Gharo pumping stations," a KWSB official told Pakistan Today on the

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Monday asked for enhanced Japanese investment in Pakistan's power, energy and infrastructure development projects, saying his government was keen to increase trade ties with Japan.
The prime minister was talking to Makiko Kikuta, parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs of Japan, who called on him at the Prime Minister's House.
Gilani said it was gratifying to note that Japan not only had promptly and timely delivered

ISLAMABAD: The US and Pakistan on Sunday signed a 150 megawatt wind power generation project.
"Today, the governments of Pakistan and the US, together with American power company AES Corporation, agreed to create a public-private partnership to develop a 150mw, $375 million wind power generation project in the Gharo Corridor area," said a US Embassy statement.
"The project will produce 150 megawatts of new, "clean" power serving some 600,000 homes and will reduce Pakistan's

LAHORE: The Managing Director of Pakistan Electric Power (PEPCO) Rasul Khan Mahsud has said that the industry is not suffering from load-shedding and their entire power requirements are being met by PEPCO.
He was talking to an eleven member delegation of Steel Melters Association led by Masood Gul, who called on him at the WAPDA house today.
Dilating on the present power situation in the country, the MD PEPCO expressed the need to realistically deal with the crisis and

KARACHI: The federal government has identified around 29,000 acres of land in coastal area of Thatta district in Sindh for setting up a wind power corridor there, President Asif Ali Zardari was informed in a meeting on Tuesday.
The president chaired separate meetings at the Bilawal House on wind energy, flood rehabilitation, Turkey-Pakistan cargo train and mobile telephony to the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) beneficiaries.
Briefing reporters after the meetings,