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In COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference, 40+ countries commit to ending coal

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COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference Coal is one of the oldest energy sources on the planet, but it's also the biggest net contributor to greenhouse gases on the planet. In 2019, as much as 37% of the total energy produced in the world came from burning coal, but as of today a new pledge has been signed by over 40 countries at COP26 to move away from coal as an energy source - to more renewable alternatives. Signatories for this pledge include countries like Poland, Vietnam, and South Africa - the last of which was reliant on coal for as much as 80% of its energy. As part of the pledge, all signing nations are now committed to ending all investment in new coal power both at home and abroad, with additional promises to phase out coal in developed countries by the 2030s and developing countries by 2040. "The world is moving in the right direction, standing ready to seal coal's fate and embrace the environmental and economic benefits of building a future that is powered by cl...

Life line of Pakistan is in severe danger

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We believe that electricity exists, because its life line of the countries,and the electric company keeps sending us bills for it, although we cannot consume it all 24 hours. ” Pakistan is in the grip of a serious energy crisis that is affecting all sectors of the economy and the various segments of the society. Luckily Pakistan has blessed by many types of resources but lack of attention and sincerity among authority leaders and concerned department all resources are just for name of appreciations rather than utilization. For years, the matter of balancing Pakistan's supply against the demand for electricity has remained a largely unresolved matter. Pakistan faces a significant challenge in revamping its network responsible for the supply of electricity. Pakistan ’s energy infrastructure is not well developed, to a certain extent it is considered to be underdeveloped and poorly managed. Currently the country is facing severe energy crisis. Even despite the fact that of stro...

The benefits of low emission coal technology

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Although we should not promote coal as energy resource as its really very toxic and not environmental friendly but now days Pakistan is in the grip of a serious energy crisis that is affecting all sectors of the economy and the various segments of the society. In Pakistan, political instability, indecision, corruption, terrorism and security problems have kept exploration and production of possible alternative energy sources at a standstill both in Thar and Baluchistan. This Petroleum lobby is very strong in Pakistan and they are against any other means of power generation except for the imported oil. This lobby is major beneficiary of the increasing oil bill that is estimated above 15 billion dollars for the country this year. The energy sector requires efficient and clean energy supplies. In case of coal, we would have to ensure higher efficiencies, environmental acceptance, prolonging its availability and proper replacement for oil and natural gas. This is only possi...

Pakistan blessed with coal but still poor for electricity

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Pakistan is in the grip of a serious energy crisis that is affecting all sectors of the economy and the various segments of the society. Luckily Pakistan has blessed by many types of resources but lack of attention and sincerity among authority leaders and concerned department all resources are just for name of appreciations rather than utilization. Coal- the Black Gold is one of major energy source which is contributing in world’s energy systems with the share of 23.80% and 23.75% of production and consumption respectively. In order to obtain clean fuels, the liquefaction and gasification of the world’s most abundant fuel i.e., coal, have gained increasing attention. And coal field holds to the energy security of Pakistan, being one of the largest coal (lignite) deposits in the world comprising of 184,123 billion tons which can produce 1000,000 MW of electricity for next three hundred years. Pakistan's largest coal reserves are found in Sindh with approximately 184...