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A case for solar with battery storage

As they say, “make hay while the sun shines”. The origin of the proverb may have been different for medieval English farmers, however, it applies to rooftop solar installations in Pakistan. The utility prices of electricity have significantly increased in recent years due to various reasons, including but not limited to decades-old inefficiencies and missteps, that have plagued the power sector

Only 28pc of women engineers are employed

About 70 per cent of women engineering graduates residing within the country are either unemployed or out of the labour force, a study has found. The research, jointly conducted by Gallup Pakistan and PRIDE using data from the Labour Force Survey 2020-21, found that 20.9pc of a total of 28,920 women engineering graduates were unemployed. About 50.9pc of them were out of the labour force while o

ADB okays help for Sindh coastal project

The Asian Development Bank has approved technical assistance for Sindh Coastal Resilience Sector project that will support the development of a resilient coastal region in the province. The transaction technical assistance will help Sindh government prepare the project with a high degree of readiness. It will have two outputs: coastal resilience strategic framework with priority investments pre

Stakeholders make case for carbon trading

Pakistan has substantial potential for emission reductions in energy, transport, industry and agriculture, which makes its marginal abatement cost “considerably lower” than that of many other countries. Speaking at a seminar on Tuesday about “Leveraging carbon markets to enable private investment,” National Disaster Risk Management Fund CEO Bilal Anwar said stakeholders should identify potentia

RLNG gets costlier by 3.8pc

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has notified that the average sale price of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) for October experienced an increase of over 3.8 per cent from the preceding month for Sui companies. The RLNG price increased by $0.4966 per million British thermal units (mmBtu) or 3.87pc for consumers of Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Ltd (SNGPL), while the price surged