Glasgow agreement and Pakistan—II
Major energy source remains to be Thar coal. Thar coal can be liquefied to produce gas (SNG). It is a tried and tested technology. There are more than 125 coal…
Power sector: little or no improvement
"Alhamdolillah highest-ever generation recorded at 3 pm today 17the May 17. Hydel: 5240MW, Gencos: 2901MW, IPPs: 9574MW, total :17,720 MW" the Federal Minister of Water and Power, Khawaja Asif is…
Our energy strategy (Part – II)
The first part of this article talked about Pakistan’s heavy reliance on gas-based power. Thar coal is a major energy source in the country. This tried and tested technology can…
The new scramble
As the world seeks to switch to renewable energy amid a growing climate crisis, hydrogen has been presented as a ‘clean’ alternative fuel. Most current hydrogen production is the result…
Economy and ‘feel-good’ gimmickry
Within weeks of taking over the Ministry of Finance, Shaukat Tarin has remarkably created a ‘feel-good’ sense about an otherwise low-growth and high-inflation economy by apparently tinkering with the tight…
CPEC: whose project is this?
The current regime which took charge of the state of affairs in June 2013, has been claiming to have launched the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). The then Prime Minister has…
Fixing our energy
It seems that the warnings about the frailty of our energy supply are mostly true. And though successive governments have pledged to fix the sector, it is still where it…
Short-, medium-term economic challenges – V
We now move to another important sub-sector of the energy namely the natural gas. A host of problems surround the gas sector: What should be the position of gas in…
Solving the energy conundrum via LNG
Recently while flipping through the archives section of a newspaper, I came across a 1968 print advertisement of the then Karachi Gas Company. The body copy of the ad confidently…
The ugly SSGC-KE row
With supply of gas from Sui Southern Gas Company Limited (SSGC) to the metropolis' power utility, K-Electric (KE) far below that is required to run the KE's gas-fired power plants,…
