Energy

Kharochhan Island, a small island off the coast of Sindh has received electricity through Wind-power by charities and community contributions – making it a little success story of its own. The charity pitched up and installed five wind turbines. Now a fifth of homes — 100 out of around 500 — have been hooked up [...]

Pakistan has been reported to have the largest number of CNG-powered vehicles in the world – leaving behind Brazil and Argentina for the first time, according to International Association of Natural Gas Vehicles. Pakistan also boasts the largest number of CNG filling stations in the world. The number of operational CNG pumps has increased to [...]

The country offers huge oil and gas potential and vast relatively unexplored acreage, with historical success ratio of 1:3.4. ‘The major portion of hydrocarbons is untapped,’ says a JS Capital Markets report on ‘Pakistan’s gas reserves and gas fields’ released on Wednesday. Based on 2004 data of remaining recoverable reserves, Pakistan with gas reserves of [...]

A Pakistani firm M/s Energen Energy Generation is launching today for the first time an electricity-run, petrol-free motorcycle. According to the firm, the price of the bike ranges from Rs 25,000 to Rs 35,000. The motorcycle is smoke-free and noiseless and will come in three models to be initially sold in Karachi only. The motorcycle [...]

Indus Motor said the new Toyota ATLIS is the first locally manufactured vehicle with catalytic converter technology, which ensures cleaner exhaust emissions protecting the environment. ATLIS has an aluminium alloy 1800cc Twin Cam, VVT-I (Variable Valve Timing – Intelligent) engine, combining power with fuel efficiency. The high tech LED type rear combination of lights that [...]

Pakistan is planning to introduce low noise, low emission environment friendly four-stroke CNG powered rickshaws initially in the country’s largest city Karachi and later on across Pakistan. ‘In the first phase, about 3,000 CNG rickshaws will be introduced in city.” Tempo Bajaj Group is operating CNG rickshaws and buses in Delhi. ‘About 75% of air [...]

Hycarbex American Energy Inc (Hycarbex Inc), operator of Yasin Block No 2768-7, has made a significant gas discovery just 9 km from Shikarpur in Sindh. Haseeb Well No 1 was drilled to a depth of 1507 metres and, as a result of testing, substantial quality of gas flowed from Sui Main Limestone formation of Eocene [...]

Pakistan has become a leading country in Asia and the third largest user of CNG in the world after Argentina and Brazil. About 700,000 vehicles have been converted to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the country by March 2005 as compared to 450,000 vehicles during the same period last year, showing an increase of 56 [...]

Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH), a premier institute of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, has developed a new technology to fabricate the fuel cell indigenously, taking lead in the development of fuel cell technology in Pakistan. In order to bring about reduction in unwanted greenhouse gases from vehicular emissions, experiments to run the [...]

One hundred households in twin-village of Narian Khorian on the outskirts of Rawalpindi district bordering Attock, are anxiously waiting for the formal inauguration of their dream project — the electric power supply to their homes! He said the solar panels have a guaranteed life span of a minimum of 25 years while the battery and [...]