Crop Industry News: Pakistan
12 October 2009
Punjab to Begin Solar Energy, Wind Power ProjectsPAKISTAN - Punjab Chief Minister's senior advisor Sardar Zulfiqar Khosa Sunday said the projects of solar energy and wind power are being planned in various areas of Punjab, besides power generation....
10 August 2009
Environment Ministry Signs MoU on Biogas ProjectPAKISTAN - Ministry of Environment and the Rural Support Programmes Network Thursday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for facilitation in implementing of domestic biogas programme. ...
24 July 2009
Salt Lands for Biofuel Algae CultivationPAKISTAN - Pakistan could use 27 million acre of saline lands to cultivate algae for a feedstock for biofuel....
20 July 2009
Bergamo Finances Pakistan Solar ProjectsPAKISTAN - Hillard Herzog the CEO of US company Bergamo Acquisition Corp has been touring Pakistan and Hong Kong to close on $1.5 billion funding agreement for three Pakistani energy projects....
14 July 2009
Forest Department and Army Grow Jatropha PlantsPAKISTAN - The Pakistan Forestry Department together with Pakistan Army, has successfully cultivated Jatropha plants which are to be used to obtain biodiesel....
25 June 2009
PARC Projects to Cultivate Biofuel CropsISLAMABAD - Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has launched a number of projects aimed at cultivating biofuel crops to produce fuel products to enable the country save huge amounts...
27 April 2009
Plan for Mass Jatropha CultivationPAKISTAN - Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) and Canadian company, Kijani Energy, are to develop large scale cultivation of jatropha for biodiesel....
21 April 2009
Minister Visits Biodeiesel ProjectPAKISTAN - Pakistan's Federal Minister for Water and Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf, visited the Pakistan State Oil's biodiesel nursery on Monday, Jatropha Model Farm at Marshalling Yard, Pipri, Karachi....
20 April 2009
PM Inaugurates Wind FarmPAKISTAN - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has inaugurated the 50 megawatt Zorlu energy wind power project. ...
16 March 2009
PARC Turns to Biofuel PlantsPAKISTAN - The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) is turning to projects to produce biofuels in a push to help the country save money on imported fuels....
10 February 2009
Iran to Build Wind Plant in PakistanPAKISTAN - The SANIR Company in Iran, affiliated to the Iranian Government together with a Pakistan private business is to build a 50MW wind plant in Pakistan....
19 January 2009
Wind Farm Agreement SignedPAKISTAN - Zorlu Enerji has signed an Energy Purchase Agreement with Hyderabad Electric Supply Corporation for 6MW of electricity generated at the company's facility wind farm in Jhimpir, Pakistan....
04 December 2008
First Megawatt of Wind Power GeneratedPAKISTAN - The first mega watt of Wind Power produced by Zorlu Energy has produced the first megawatt of power from its coastal wind farm in Sindh....
25 November 2008
Policy Paper on Biofuels Near CompletionPAKISTAN - A policy paper for local production of biofuel in Pakistan is expected to be presented to President Asif Ali Zardari by the end of the month....
20 October 2008
Pakistan to Produce 1,000 MW Wind EnergyISLAMABAD - Pakistan would be able to produce another 1,000 MW power through wind energy within the next few years, Director Technical Alternative Energy Development Board Irfan Afzal Mirza said...
21 August 2008
Bio-diesel: a Portable Solution to CrisisPAKISTAN - Bio-diesel is an environment friendly fuel, with far less emissions than mineral diesel fuel, and is the perfect solution for the food and fuel crisis, according to NED University...
04 August 2008
Pakistan To Build First Ethanol Manufacturing PlantPAKISTAN - Pakistan's first renewable energy project to use sugarcane-waste biogas created from the production of ethanol recently began supporting the national grid. ...
27 December 2007
Current years corn crop expected to rise significantlyISLAMABAD - Current year corn crop in the country as compared to that of the previous year was expected to soar up by 25 percent....
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