The students of Mohammad Ali Jinnah University Karachi (MAJU) BS Software Engineering, Ali Iqbal, Syed Abdul Basit Hussain and Hasham have designed a mobile phone application for energy conservation.
With the use of this mobile phone application, a person who is sitting in a room at his home may switch off the lights of other room, kitchen or corridors and for this purpose he is not required any movement for doing so, said a statement issued by MAJU on ...
Khushhali Microfinance Bank has recently been awarded ‘Green Office Certification’ by WWF-Pakistan in recognition for its concrete efforts to implement environmentally sustainable practices within the head office. Khushhali Microfinance joined this programme in October 2017 and was able to get the certification within six months. Over this time, KMBL worked in close collaboration with WWF team to implement effective measures that will reduce the carbon foo...
In a major development, US energy giant ExxonMobil has acquired 25% shareholding in offshore drilling in Pakistan.
Earlier, Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC), Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) and Italian energy firm Eni had 33% stake each in offshore drilling in the country. Now, ExxonMobil has acquired 25% shareholding, reducing the share of all partner companies to 25% each.
An agreement in that regard was signed at the Prime Minister’s Secret...
Solar-wind hybrid means integration of solar and wind energy production by installing both solar and wind power plants at one piece of land or at nearby plots utilising common transmission facilities.
India has released a policy in this respect recently and a captive hybrid project has been commissioned there. In Pakistan also, several investors are examining the feasibility of this useful mode of power generation.
Solar and wind power suffers from i...
Oil Gas and Regularity Authority (Ogra) Chairperson Uzma Adil said there is a lot of investment potential in the rich oil and gas sector of Pakistan, and the abundant natural resources can be utilised to the advantage of both the investors and the country.
Adil, while addressing the 14th International Energy Conference at the expo centre, said Ogra is to facilitate all the licencees and safeguard their interests.
Officials from Schneider Electric...
Master Wind Energy Group on Thursday has applied to get itself listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX).
In a notification sent to the bourse, Master Wind Energy Group stated “It is hereby informed to all concerned that Master Wind Energy Limited has applied for Listing on the Exchange and has submitted the draft Prospectus for the offer of shares to the General Public/ Retail Investors.
The draft Prospectus of the Company is hereby placed on ...
A proposed energy conservation project is projected to save Barrow County more than $93,000 annually over the next several years.The county board of commissioners voted Tuesday to approve an energy conservation services proposal by Georgia Power following the completion of an investment grade energy audit.
A formal contract between the county and Georgia Power will come before the commissioners at a future meeting.
The $726,712 project will include the...
Concept of energy conservation and its efficient use were explained to students during a three-day long awareness-cum-workshop on energy conservation and energy efficiency jointly conducted by the Arunachal Pradesh Energy Development Agency (APEDA) and Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Government of India, which began on October 24 last.
The workshops were conducted for students of Government Higher Secondary School, Government ITI and Government Polytechnic C...
Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif Tuesday held former rulers responsible for energy crisis in the country.
In a statement, the chief minister said that former rulers looted the resources of the country ruthlessly and paid no heed towards the energy crisis.
“Had the past rulers taken measures to end the crisis, the country would have been brought out of darkness, the chief minister said.
Talking to a delegation of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawa...
Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal says China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has played a vital role in declining the energy crisis in the country.
Talking to outgoing Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong in Islamabad on Monday, he said the mega project is not against anyone.
Ahsan Iqbal said China Pakistan Economic Corridor is a masterpiece of relations between Pakistan and China and huge investment has been ensured in Pakistan under this project.
He said the e...
