Pakistan, Denmark launch green energy collaboration
July 16, 2021
Islamabad : The Government of Pakistan has adopted an ambitious policy for alternative and renewable energy (ARE) to transform Pakistan’s energy sector and generate 60% of all energy through clean and renewable sources by 2030.
To support Pakistan’s green transition, the Government of Denmark has entered into collaboration with Pakistan whereas the relevant technical authorities will exchange knowledge and the Danish authorities will provide technical assistance under the new the initiative, Danish Energy Transition Initiative (DETI). Federal Minister of Energy Hammad Azhar inaugurated the collaboration with the Ambassador of Denmark Lis Rosenholm and several high-level civil servants from relevant Pakistani and Danish energy authorities.
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has adopted an ambitious policy for alternative and renewable energy in order to transform Pakistan’s energy sector and generate 60 per cent of all energy through clean and renewable sources by 2030.
In order to support Pakistan’s green transition, the government of Denmark has entered into collaboration with Pakistan where the relevant technical authorities will exchange knowledge and the Danish authorities will provide technical assistance under the Danish Energy Transition Initiative (DETI).
Federal Minister of Energy Hammad Azhar has recently inaugurated the collaboration with the ambassador of Denmark, Ms Lis Rosenholm, and through the initiative Denmark will enhance the technical competencies of the Ministry of Energy and Alternative Energy Development Board for planning and integration of additional renewable energy.
Learning from best practices in renewable energy
July 15, 2021
Islamabad : Oliver Knight, senior energy specialist, the World Bank, said that the most optimum capacity expansion pathway for Pakistan is through increased expansion of solar and wind capacity as it will decrease the utilisation of existing generation facilities which are no longer competitive.
Mr Knight was speaking at a webinar on “Future directions for Variable Renewable Energy deployment in Pakistan A discussion on the findings of the World Bank’s VRE report” jointly organised by Sustainable Development Policy Institute and Pakistan Renewable Energy Coalition.
Mr Knight opined that achieving targets of 30% RE by 2030 would require some investments in transmission capacity of Balochistan.
Daily Times
July 9, 2021
An Accountability Court (AC) on Thursday fixed September 2, a date to indict an accused in a reference pertaining to Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) against former prime minister Shaukat Aziz and others.
AC-II Judge Muhammad Azam Khan heard the reference filed by National Accountability Bureau (NAB). The NAB had also named former federal minister for power and water Liaquat Jatoi, former secretary Ismail Qureshi, Additional Secretary Yousaf Memon and ex-secretary AEDB) Dr Naseem A Khan in the graft reference. The court postponed the indictment of the accused due to incomplete attendance of the accused this day and directed them to ensure their attendance on the next date of hearing. The reference was filed in connection with the alleged illegal appointment of Basharat Hasan Bashir as a consultant for one of the country’s top alternative energy boards on a Management Position-II (MP-II) scale salary package.
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