50MW wind power project achieves commercial operations
Metro Power Company Limited (“Project”) a 50MW wind power generation plant, located in Jhimpir, Thatta, Sindh has achieved its Commercial Operations Date on September 16, 2016. Since then the project is dispatching electricity to Central Power Purchaser Agency (CPPA) as an Independent Power Producer. Wind power is an indigenous resource in the province of Sindh, […]
50MW wind power plant almost ready
Tenaga Generasi’s 50MW Wind Energy Independent Power Plant (IPP) is currently undergoing its commissioning test and will be ready to supply power to the national grid very soon. It is located in Bhambore – an ancient city on the northern bank of Gharo Creek, about 65km east of Karachi in Thatta district. The dedicated transmission […]
10 biogas plants installed near Keenjhar Lake, Sindh
In quest of low cost alternate energy solutions for the country, World Wildlife Fund Pakistan (WWF) in collaboration with Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has set up 10 biogas plants at localities near Keenjhar Lake in District Thatta, Sindh. The project is aimed at providing alternate energy to local communities who lacked basic facilities for […]
CPEC: Experts speak about opportunities, challenges
A National Conference on “CPEC: Macro and micro economic dividends for Pakistan and the region,” was jointly organized by Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) and Hanns Seidel Foundation at Islamabad. It proved to be a good platform to highlight opportunities and challenges attached to China Pakistan Economic corridor. Economists have projected that China Pakistan Economic […]
Visioning – 7 Essential Characteristics
The process of visioning may seem both daunting and mysterious. Indeed, it is in no way a straightforward method and there are always rocky rapids to navigate. An understanding of the make-up of this journey will create better results for this process to be a success. Visioning – the process of coming up with breakthrough […]
Thermal Design with Linear Voltage Regulators
Will your linear regulator function properly under all possible operating conditions? To find out, you need to understand power dissipation and thermal resistance. Designer Beware At first glance, linear voltage regulators seem so simple. The part’s datasheet indicates the maximum input voltage, the maximum output current, and the output voltage (if the output is fixed […]
Heat and light get larger at the nanoscale
Columbia-led research team first to demonstrate a strong, non-contact heat transfer channel using light with performances that could lead to high efficiency electricity generation. In a new study recently published in Nature Nanotechnology, researchers from Columbia Engineering, Cornell, and Stanford have demonstrated heat transfer can be made 100 times stronger than has been predicted, simply […]
“Opportunities and potential for the multi-model transport of Pakistan”
Geographic location of Pakistan Pakistan is bordered by Iran and land-locked Afghanistan in West, India to its East and Central Asian Republics and China in the North. Pakistan occupies a strategic location, which can be used to access the huge markets of China, Afghanistan and the Central Asian Republics (CARs). Also just across the Arabian […]
Food for Thought Relax and enjoy!!!
It all started one lazy Sunday afternoon in a small town near Toronto in Canada. Two school-going friends had a crazy idea. They rounded up three goats from the neighborhood and painted the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on their sides. That night they let the goats loose inside their school building. The next morning, […]