With the preparatory work completed, the Balakot Hydropower Development Project is now ready to move ahead that would generate over 1200 new jobs, about 40 percent of which will be sourced locally, the Asian Development Bank said in a statement. It said the project would also provide livelihood skills training for women. “Water indeed can […]
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Amazon hydropower plant contributes significant greenhouse emissions: study
When climate researcher Dailson Bertassoli went to measure greenhouse gas emissions at the Belo Monte hydropower plant in Brazil, the first thing he noticed was the bubbles. Developers have built hundreds of hydroelectric plants in the Amazon basin to take advantage of the allegedly “green” energy generated by its complex of rivers. But climate researchers […]
‘88% work on first CPEC hydropower project completed’
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) Authority Chairman Asim Saleem Bajwa said on Wednesday that about 88 percent of the work on the Karot Hydropower Project has been completed. In a tweet, he said that the hydropower project, which is being built on the River Jhelum, is the first of its kind under the CPEC […]
CDWP clears Rs 46b project for Pak-Tajikistan energy transmission
Central Development Working Party (CDWP), on Monday, accorded approval to a project worth Rs 552.708 million and recommended three projects worth Rs 209.5 billion to ECNEC for endorsement. CDWP had met in a meeting chaired by Federal Minister for Planning, Development & Reform, Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar. Planning Secretary, Zafar Hasan, as well as senior officials […]