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Solar, nuclear, hydel? Pakistan's best power solution is...

Without commenting on the commercial (and political) viability of KBD, exactly how cheap can hydel tariffs be?What about the cost to recover the massive investment that such large-scale projects entail?And do they run throughout the year?Some fun facts: Did you know that the Tarbela Hydel Power Station, Pakistan’s largest dam and hydel plant with a total power generation rating of 3478MW, produced on average only 1733MW (less than 50pc)...

Is solar power really the best solution for Pakistan?

A lot is being quoted, and misquoted in the media on how best to overcome the 'existing' energy crisis in our country...

As most of the debate is, at best, misinformed, it will be helpful to analyse what is the best source of electricity and more importantly how kosher solar is...

Pakistan Railways to introduce solar-powered traffic signalling system

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Railways was informed on Thursday that Pakistan Railways would shortly introduce a modern solar-powered traffic signalling system, under which there would be an alarm system to alert train drivers of any activity on the track within a distance of 3...

A package of Rs100,000 for low-paid train drivers under study, Senate panel toldReferring to the handing over of 34 acres of land to Defence...

Low-cost solar imports hurt US companies: trade panel

WASHINGTON: Low-cost solar panels imported from China and other countries have caused serious injury to American manufacturers, a US trade commission ruled on Friday, raising the possibility of the Trump administration imposing tariffs that could double the price of solar panels from abroad...

The 4-0 vote by the Inter­national Trade Commission sets up a two-month review period in which the panel must recommend a remedy to President...

Policy for solar panel manufacturing in the offing

ISLAMABAD: In a bid to overcome the ongoing energy crisis, the government has decided to promote solar energy, and the Ministry of Industries and Production (MoIP) has been tasked with formulating a policy to manufacture solar panels and allied equipment in the country...

Sources in the Ministry of Industries said that the Engineering Development Board (EDB) is likely to finalise a policy document on “Solar Panels and Allied Equipment...

'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists

MIAMI: A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced on Wednesday...

Nicknamed Planet Nine, the object "has a mass about 10 times that of Earth" and follows a "bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the distant solar system," said a statement by researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)...

Tubewells to be converted to solar system: Zehri

QUETTA: Chief Minister of Balochistan Sanaullah Zehri has called for early implementation of the plan to convert all tubewells of agriculture sector to solar system without any delay...

Talking to a delegation of growers here the other day, the chief minister advised the officials concerned to take the growers and agriculturalists into confidence on progress to convert the tubewells to solar system...

Mazar-i-Quaid to have solar system

KARACHI: A solar system will be installed on the premises of the mausoleum of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah...

How did an Urdu greeting reach the edge of our solar system?

In 1977, Nasa launched a spacecraft called the ‘Voyager’, which was equipped with scientific instruments to increase our understanding of outer planets, the solar system, and the worlds beyond it...

After 38 years of sailing through space and traveling a distance of some 19 billion kilometers, the Voyager has now exited our solar system and entered the interstellar space...

A solar system of one’s own

Greater affordability and awareness have pushed solar energy into the purchasing psyche of common citizens...

Can inflated bills and unreliable power become a thing of the past?by Shazia HasanFacing the sun like a sunflower, a small 20-watt panel, the size of a tea tray, leans next to a charpoy in the courtyard of Yusuf Mohammad’s two-room home...

Habitable planet found in solar system next door

“We have finally succeeded in showing that a small-mass planet, most likely rocky, is orbiting the star closest to our solar system,” said co-author Julien Morin, an astrophysicist at the University of Montpellier in southern France...

An exoplanet is any planet outside our solar system...

Eighth planet found in faraway solar system, matching ours

CAPE CANAVERAL: A record-tying eighth planet has been found in a faraway solar system, matching our own in number...

This is the only eight-planet solar system found like ours so far tying for the most planets observed around a single star...

Found: lone asteroid expelled from Solar System

PARIS: An asteroid ejected from our infant Solar System found refuge billions of kilometres away, beyond the orbit of Neptune, where it has now been spotted, astronomers said on Wednesday...

Its composition suggests the asteroid must have been formed in the inner Solar System, likely in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, before migrating to its outer reaches, said the team...

Solar power system prices go up

KARACHI: Despite sharp increase in the price of panels, inverters, dry batteries etc due to the steep rupee devaluation, the demand for solar power systems remains robust across the country amid higher electricity tariffs...

For example, the installation of 5kW and 10kW solar power system [panels, inverter and batteries] now costs Rs500,000 and Rs1 million, respectively, as against Rs400,000 and Rs800,000 a year ago...

Solar-powered ATMs to deliver clean drinking water in Pakistan

LAHORE: Punjab is set to launch an innovation for water-short Pakistan: Solar-powered ATMs that dispense clean water when a smart card is scanned...

According to Pakistan's national drinking water policy, 35 per cent of Pakistan's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water...