Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Spain daily gas demand for power hits new record

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Spain’s demand for natural gas for power generation reached a new high on Wednesday. High temperatures have resulted in higher electricity exports and consumption. The second heatwave to hit Spain this year is expected to climax later on Thursday, with temperatures likely reaching 44 degrees Celsius As a heatwave swept the nation, Spain’s demand for … Read more

Fuel cost component of power generation surges 85% on yearly basis

Fuel cost

KARACHI: The fuel cost component of the power generation during November 2021 surged 85 per cent YoY to Rs6.32/kWh, mainly due to a rise in the furnace oil, coal and regasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG)-based cost of generation, official data suggests. “[The] RLNG-based cost of generation increased 166 per cent YoY to Rs17.29/kWh due to … Read more

China issues 10 application challenges for new generation supercomputer

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BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) — China has issued a list of 10 application challenges for its new generation supercomputer, with an aim to build a quintillion-scale supercomputing application ecology, Science and Technology Daily reported on Friday. The list includes the fusion simulation of a magnetic confinement fusion reactor, fluid mechanics simulation of a full-size aerospace … Read more

Nepra approves Rs3.75/kWh hike in consumer tariff

Nepra

KARACHI: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has allowed K-Electric Limited to collect an additional Rs3.75/kWh from the consumers under the fuel cost adjustment (FCA) for September 2021. The K-Electric will recover from the consumers in their monthly bills of December 2021. It said the increase in tariff will not be applicable to all … Read more

New Zealand ‘leap of faith’ pays off for South African Conway

Conway

WELLINGTON: By his own admission, Devon Conway was struggling in South Africa before a bold move to New Zealand turned around his cricketing fortunes in spectacular fashion. The left-handed batsman now finds himself a key part of a Black Caps squad intent on continuing their winning ways at the T20 World Cup starting this week after … Read more

Power generation at Tarbela Dam reduced to 2,220MW: official

TARBELA: The power generation at Tarbela Dam on Monday reduced to 2,220MW, while the water level of the reservoir after a slight increase reached 1,464.58 feet, officials said. The Tarbela Dam officials said today the water inflow increased to 221,000 cusecs due to heavy downpour, while the outflow was 135,000 cusecs and the water level … Read more

Power generation up 6.9% to reach record 130,223GWh in FY21

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KARACHI: The country’s overall electric power generation during FY21 surged 6.9 per cent to 130,223GWh (14,866MW), compared with 121,867GWh (13,912MW) during FY20, official data suggests. Hydel remained the major contributor in the overall generation with 30 per cent share; followed re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG), 21 per cent; coal-based generation, 21 per cent; gas-based generation, … Read more

Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project achieves another milestone

Hydropower Project

State-of-the-art 969 MW-Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project achieved yet another milestone, as its contribution to the National Grid crossed 8 billion mark. The project, satisfactorily meeting the design capacity energy production, achieved this land mark despite the fact that the shelling by India from across the Line of Control during July and October 2019 interrupted the … Read more

Reservoirs of Mangla, Tarbela, Chashma are better than previous years

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What can be termed a good omen for agriculture and hydropower generation in Pakistan, the cumulative quantum of water available at present in Mangla, Tarbela and Chashma reservoirs is far better than that of the previous years. According to the statistics, as much as 7.018 million acre feet (MAF) of water is available in the … Read more