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1320 MW energy from Thar Coal connected to the national grid The cheap energy being Company has installed two and December 11, 2022, re- produced from the in- 660-MW coal-fired power spectively. digenous coal can help plants for $2 billion. Both Thar Energy has already save the foreign exchange as synchronized its 330 MW well. Up till now 1320-MW of coal-fired power plant with coal-fired energy has been the national Grid in October added to the national grid 2022 and another 330-MW this month and another 660- plant would start commer- MW would be added next cial operation by 2023. year. Shanghai Electric is the Sino-Sindh Resources sponsor of 2*660 MWs ultra- (SSR) started coal excava- supercritical coal-fired power tion work in Block-I in Janu- plants in Block-I of the Thar ary 2022 it has completed 99 dessert in Sindh province. percent work to excavate 7.8- The project also includes an mtpa coal by December 31, the power plants successfully integrated coal mine of 7.8 2022. synchronized with the na- million tons per annum ca- The Power Engineering tional grid on December 2 pacity.

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Foundation stone laid for Hyderabad Sukkur Motorway PM Shehbaz Sharif has laid the PM said that connecting the the foundation stone for the deprived areas, including Hyderabad-Sukkur Motor- Balochistan and Sindh, would way M-6. M-6 is one of the most pave the way for economic and delayed motorways in Pakistan social development, besides cre- and once completed will conclude ating new business opportunities. the network of motorways in Pak- He also directed the concerned istan from Karachi to Peshawar. authorities to make sure that the M-6 has been facing delays for quality and standard of the M-6 a very long time due to land ac- motorway are not less than rest quisition problems, lack of funds of the motorway network in the and other reasons. But now its country. foundation stone has been laid With its ends in Sukkur and again and it is expected to be Hyderabad, the 306-km-long M-6 completed within the stipulated will be completed with Rs 307 bil- time. lion within 30 months as per in- While addressing the ceremony ternational standards. 02

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Terasaki – The Reliable Choice for Safety and Protection C ircuit Breakers are Terasaki has been con- rectly to the contacts. Di- Terasaki Circuit Break- pioneered the concepts of at the core of any tributing to the rect connection ensures ers in Pakistan for 45 Moulded Case Circuit electrical protec- switchgear industry for that contacts move along years. JC is one of the Breakers (1976) and Dig- tion system. During ab- nearly a century by inno- with the toggle, avoiding leading supplier of Low ital Air Circuit Breakers normal or short-circuit vating power distribution any incorrect indication Voltage Circuit breakers (2008), hence contributed conditions, they interrupt and control technologies, in case of mechanical to various Shopping in the growth of the faulty circuit and iso- with SAFETY and PRO- fault. This feature com- Malls, Skyscrapers, switchgear market of the late it from the healthy TECTION as the primary plies with IEC-60204-1: Housing/Residential Proj- country. network. The primary purpose of its products. Safety of machinery, stat- ects, Commercial Build- For further details and function of the The switching mecha- ing “Measures to mini- ing projects, and various queries, reach out to us at Switchgear is to protect nism in TB2 series im- mize risk in the event of Textiles, Chemical, [email protected] equipment, systems and plies direct opening failure”. Pumps and Pharmaceuti- om or UAN: +92 21 111 people from the hazards action which ensures that Jubilee Corporation cal industries in Pak- 000 520 or visit our web- and damages caused by the force applied to the (JC) has been an Author- istan. site at www.jubileecorpo- electrical faults. toggle is transmitted di- ized Distributor of During the journey, JC ration.com. 03

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 PHVACR Society Lahore Chapter added 25 new members in a single event at Gujranwala Pakistan HVACR society ior RAC community members a part of the PHVACR Society under their belt. This land- Ahmad Naeem Chughtai. Lahore Chapter under from Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lahore Chapter. The new mark achievement was only The Lahore Chapter is also the leadership of Chap- Sialkot and Wazirabad for the members included many sen- possible by the sheer efforts of ramping up its activities in ter Chairman Mr. Ahmad different districts of Punjab Naeem Chughtai is gaining including Gujrat, Gujranwala, prominent ground at a rapid Wazirabad and Multan, or- pace. Recently a delegation of ganizing events and adding Pakistan HVACR Society, La- new professional members to hore Chapter, consisting of the Society. Chairman Lahore Chapter Here we would like to men- Mr. Ahmad Naeem Chughtai tion that, Lahore Chapter has along with Mr. Ramzan made the largest number of Sharif, Mr. Sajjad Haider, Mr. new professional members in Afzaal Malik, Mr. Agha Elias the current tenure as com- Ahmad Khan and Mr. Athar membership promotion cam- ior renowned professionals of the Lahore Chapter of PH- pared to all past & present Shahzad Amir visited Gujran- paign. During the visit more the industry with more than VACR Society and especially new member promotional ac- wala on the invitation of Sen- than 25 new members became 15-35 years of experience the Chapter Chairman Mr. tivities of other chapters. 04

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Engineering Post had the opportunity to will help their business to grow as well be- dustrial units in the Country. While quoting the have a detailed discussion with the cause their products will have international example, Engr. Yousuf Hasan said. “In China renowned consultant Engr. Yousuf certifications and can compete in Interna- the land is cheap and the amenities are subsi- Hasan regarding the current condition of the tional Market,” he said. dized by the government. There is no need to economy at the recent HVACR Trends2 Expo pay for electricity, water etc. for first five years. & Conference organized at Karachi Marriott There should be a Regulating Authority to Here the case is different. Land is expensive Hotel by ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter. We set and verify the Standards, Protocols for the and electricity is very expensive. The govt asked him, why is the quality of locally man- compliance for locally manufactured HVAC should set up dedicated industrial zones and ufactured products not up to the mark and Products. Government should come up and subsidize electricity and other amenities as a appreciate the local industry by providing way of incentivizing local industry.” them the facilities, incentives, tax relaxations etc. We are also in liaison with concern Gov- During the conversation he appreciated the ernment Bodies to come up on the same page efforts of ASHRAE Pakistan Chapter, BOG, with ASHRAE and other Technical Societies other members for arranging expos like Local industry has the potential to grow exponentially if given the chance Engr. Yousuf Hasan, C.E.O Y.H. Associates talked to Engineering Post how can we improve it? Engr. Yousuf Hasan for Standardization. But until that happens, HVACR Trends where stakeholders from very eloquently explained “The local industry Engr. Yousuf Hasan proposed a very simple local and international HVAC industry were will grow only when they are provided with solution “There are hundreds of manufactur- participating. “Expos like these are very im- the opportunity to grow. This is the right time ers in the country. Even if 20 or 30 of them portant as they ensure that people get famil- for local manufacturers to fill the vacuum cre- come together and set up a laboratory them- iarized with the latest products and trends in ated due to ban on import. I always advocated selves it will be beneficial for the growth of the market. I was delighted to see that there that we should not become a trading nation their business. Moreover if they build a high are many companies from Turkey, China, Jor- rather we should focus on improvement of our quality facility they will be able to generate dan, Germany, UAE, who have participated in local manufacturing industry. To boost the revenue from it as others will use that lab as the Expos and even brought their equipment quality of their products the manufacturers well. Currently there is only PCSIR which is to show their products. This shows how im- can collaborate with international companies functioning in Pakistan and that tests only portant such expos and gatherings are for in- for technology transfer and manufacture the materials not equipment,” he explained. dustry professionals,” commented Engr. products according to their standards. This Yousuf Hasan. He also appreciated the efforts Some steps should be taken by Government of Engineering Post for always highlighting for the betterment of Local Manufacturers, as the issues of the Engineering community and highlighted by Engr. Yousuf Hasan. The first is industry. subsidizing the setting up and operations of in- 05

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 40th Annual General Meeting of IEEEP Pakistan The 40th Annual which showed IEEEP General Meeting (AGM) of the In- contributed signifi- stitution of Electrical & Electronics Engineers cantly for the dissemi- Pakistan (IEEEP) was held at Lahore in first nation of technical week of December at a local hotel. Engr. knowledge in form of Tauseef H. Farooqi, Chairman NEPRA at- Symposium, work- tended the event as Chief Guest while shops, Seminar, confer- Engr. Saleem Arif for- mer General Manager ences, and lectures. A publication of research Journal “New Hori- zons” is also part of the same effort. Such ac- tivities have educated professional engineers with latest trends in NTDC/WAPDA graced ber of engineers from modern technology. He the event as a Guest of different fields of pri- extended special Honour. vate, public as well as thanks to all partici- The welcome ad- corporate sector. Many pants’ stakeholders dress was given by people joined the meet- and sponsors for whole- President IEEEP Prof. ing virtually as well. hearted patronage. Dr. Sohail Aftab IEEEP Karachi Centre In the AGM matter Qureshi who thanked Chairman Engr. relating to Budget, bal- all the attendants for Khalid Pervez along ance sheet, and other becoming a part of the with Office Bearers, administrative issues event and highlighted Honorary Secretary were also discussed in the aims and objectives Munis Siddiqui, Hon- detail and approved of IEEEP. orary Finance Secre- where required. For- Engr. Tauseef H. Fa- tary Muhammad Riaz mal approval of IEEEP rooqi Chairman Chaudhry, and Hon- Constitution and By NEPRA also addressed orary Joint Secretary Laws was approved the attendants and ap- Imran Zafar specially unanimously by com- preciated the efforts of travelled from Karachi mittee members. After IEEEP in dissemina- to participate in the the AGM a seminar tion of knowledge and event. was conducted on helping make the new Hony. Secretary “Competitive trading generation of engineers General IEEEP Engr. Bilateral contract Mar- more knowledgeable. Salim Usman pre- ket” while discussing The event was at- sented the annual re- scopes roles and future tended by a large num- port to the participants challenges. 06

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Renowned Engineer discusses “Innovation Stagflation” Engr. Syed Tanveer Ahmed Jafri talks to Engineering Post It was a time of great change Engr. Jafri for an exclusive inter- spite these challenges, Engr. Jafri education system. and uncertainty in the engi- view, during which we had the op- has proven himself capable of find- “Young engineers are offered in- neering world when Syed Tan- portunity to discuss the state of ing innovative solutions to prob- ternships at industries. Rather veer Ahmed Jafri took the helm at innovation in the engineering in- lems: they should be offered training pro- Jafri & Associates (J&A). The son dustry and how J&A plans to pave Engr. Jafri says that J&A is not grams where the work as trainee of the late Syed Sibte Ahmed Jafri, the way forward. content to simply be a part of the engineers so after 1 or 2 years founder of the renowned consulting As the newly appointed CEO of problem. The company is actively when they are seeking job they will firm, Syed Tanveer Ahmed Jafri the renowned consulting firm, working to spark a change in the have on hands experience under had big shoes to fill as he stepped Engr. Jafri had a wealth of knowl- way the industry approaches inno- their belt,” . Engr. Jafri empha- into the role of CEO. As he pre- edge and insight to share on the vation; during the height of the sized gaining hands-on experience pared to lead J&A into the future, subject. He lamented that, in his COVID-19 pandemic, before entering the job market. one could sense a feeling of excite- experience, \"I believe we are cur- Engr. Jafri led a “The current standard of education ment and anticipation among the rently experiencing what I would team that repur- does not inculcate the skills of clear staff, his history having all of the call 'innovation stagflation',\" he communication in the young engi- earmarks of a capable leader. Engr. began. \"On one hand, there is no neers. As a consultant you need to Jafri has spent over 25 years in in- shortage of innovative ideas and educate your client about the dustry, with over two decades in technologies available to us. But newest trends and in writing and the C-Suite. He gained his Bache- on the other hand, there seems to in person but this aspect is not fo- lor’s and Masters of Science in En- be a reluctance to embrace these cused on at universities,” gineering in the United States. He ideas and truly drive forward Yet in spite of this, Engr. Jafri re- has been responsible for generat- with innovation. Local clients mains optimistic about the future. ing 17GW of energy, and leading are “A term usually used for this is over $10B USD worth of projects. breaking point. But we should re- In entering this role, he exited the mind ourselves that you have to highly coveted position as CEO of get to the breaking point before you GENCO 1 (Jamshoro) and GENCO have a breakthrough.” 4 (Lakhra). Engr. Jafri’s reputation As we left the interview, we were for honesty and engineering acu- filled with a sense of hope and ex- men has been known far and wide- citement for the future of engineer- - earning him the 2010 Legend in often more concerned with the fa- posed a hydrogen generator at ing. With Syed Tanveer Ahmed Energy recognition from the Asso- miliarity of solutions, rather than Jamshoro power plant to produce Jafri at the helm, and Jafri & As- ciation of Energy Engineers in the seeking out truly innovative ones. clean, medical-grade oxygen for pa- sociates leading the charge to- United States. This mindset has to change if we tients in intensive care. This kind wards true innovation, we have no Engineering Post was privileged hope to truly move forward and of work, Engr. Jafri believes, is doubt that great things are on the to sit down with the esteemed make progress in our field.\" De- what’s key and missing from our horizon. 07

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 CEO Engineering Post, Zeeshan Haider with Managing Director Haseen Habib (Right to Left) Mr. Haroon Amin, CEO, Mr. Asim Haroon Director, Corporation (Pvt) Ltd, Mr. Aamir Ata Barry during a recent visit to their plant at Sunder Haroon Impex at 16th Build Asia International Expo held on 24th to 26th, January 2023. Industrial Estate, Lahore. 08

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Engineering giant Mecatech stepping into the construction industry Chairman Mr. Anwar Ul Haq discloses the successful expansion of company to Engineering Post Mother & Child Hospital, Multan State Bank Sialkot, Main Building Mecatech (Pvt) Ltd awarded the complete work Elevators, HVAC, we managed to complete and pany is working in the con- the renowned MEP for the construction of State contracting firm has Bank Sialkot. The 800 mil- Electrical work, deliver the project 6 months struction of “Mother and power genera- ahead of schedule,” he re- Child Hospital, Multan” decided to further diversify lion rupees project included tion, Infrastruc- vealed. which is a significant job its portfolio by venturing Civil work, ture including As part of this new ven- worth more than 1.8 billion into the Construction busi- electrical infra- ture the company has also rupees. ness. The company already structure as developed civil related sys- Mecatech (Pvt) Ltd was has a very strong foothold well as roads tems at its head office and at founded in 1987 as a consult- in the market and with the and public its sites. Currently Mecatech ing firm in Pakistan. By addition of civil work Mecat- health. Even (Pvt) Ltd has the capacity to 1998 the company had ech (Pvt) Ltd has now grown though we handle projects worth 4-5 started equipment supply of into a complete turnkey solu- were new Billion rupees. Currently its own. Then expanded into tion provider. to the the com- contracting and HVAC sec- Engineering Post had a field tor and further added elec- detailed conversation with trical and mechanical work Chairman Mecatech Group into its portfolio. Now the Engr. Anwar Ul Haq who re- company has evolved into a vealed that the company has complete turnkey solution already completed and deliv- provider with in house ex- ered projects and more are in pertise providing everything the pipeline “Mecatech was under a one roof. 09

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 ASHRAE Pakistan’s annual Dinner to honour President Mr. Farooq Mehboob bers, Senior and Executive mem- Elected President of ASHRAE bers of PHVACR Society, and dig- Central Pakistan Chapter, The nitaries from different round was followed by Mr. Abdul Organizations like IAP-Lahore, Rehman's “Chapter President” Cold Chain Pakistan, UET-La- address in which he covered his hore, and the University of La- previous year and currant year's hore. Mr. Farooq Mehboob was activities, future goals and em- the Chief Guest at the event. Mr. phases on the joint work with the On Dec 5th, 2022 the sisting of DL Program, the Instal- Dennis Knight ASHRAE Treas- other organization like IAP, ASHRAE Central Pak- lation ceremony of the ASHRAE urer 2022-23 / ASHRAE Distin- MOCC, Pakistan Cold Chain As- istan Chapter hosted a CPC elected officers FY 2022-23, Presidential Dinner in the honor and the honoring ceremony of Mr. guished Lecturer, Mr. Tim Wentz sociation, and PHVACR Society to of ASHRAE President Mr. Farooq Farooq Mehboob on becoming ASHRAE President 2016-17 / Dis- promote the ASHRAE mission. tinguished Lecturer, and Mr. Mehboob at Flattie's Hotel during ASHRAE President FY 2022-23. Ahmad Nawaz President PH- On the conclusion of program, the Honoring ceremony of Mr. Fa- their visit to Lahore. The event was well attended by VACR Society were the Guest of rooq Mehboob was held. Central This event was multifold, con- ASHRAE Central Pakistan mem- Honor. Pakistan Chapter founding Pres- Mr. Tim talked on “Human Be- ident Mr. Arshad.S Sheikh, PH- havior towards Net Zero Energy VACR Society President Mr. Building” while Mr. Dennis Ahmad Nawaz, and Mr. Abdul Knight talked on the Developing Rehman presented the Punjabi an Integrated personal Manage- Turban to Mr. Farooq Mehboob ment system. Both the ASHRAE and share their thoughts on his DL talks were well appreciated & great achievement & services for well evaluated by the audience. ASHRAE & Pakistan. After that, In 2nd round, Mr. Dennis Mr. Farooq Mehboob President of Knight installed the Central Pak- ASHRAE 2022-23 delivered his istan Chapter Officers and BOG presidential speech to the audi- members for term 2022-23. ence. 10



ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Trina Solar Chairman Gao Jifan: Building a global PV future requires innovation and collaboration Gao Jifan, chairman of the global ecology, and the ways in which Chinese ciency, and the industry is showing a chain. This ranges from raw materials PV and smart energy solutions PV manufacturers can remain compet- clear preference for n-type modules. We to finished equipment, and particularly provider Trina Solar, has used itive. can say confidently that over the next where higher requirements are con- his appearance at the BloombergNEF cerned, the techniques used in produc- Summit in Shanghai to tell his global Following is a sum- three to five years ing the likes of wafers, silicon peers about the way in which he sees mary of what Gao the tech of n-type will materials, machinery and other equip- the industry heading. told the conference. supplant the p-type ment are critical. in the realm of high- In a panel discussion at the confer- Industrial trend: efficiency modules. A coordinative ecosystem helps n- ence, which was held from November Industrialization of n- Indeed, the industrialization of n-type type technology to reach critical point 29 to 30, Gao talked of n-type technol- type high-efficiency modules has taken modules is already well and truly un- of cost-effectiveness ogy trend, the high value of 210 mm n- shape derway. At present, mass produced type i-TOPCon solar cells and modules, 210mm n-type cells achieve an average The industrialization of n-type tech- the value of the industry chain and As the PV industry continues its conversion efficiency of more than 25%, nology does not simply rely on the mod- path of constant upgrading, PERC is and those with a 26% rate will soon be ules themselves, but is the result of the approaching the upper limits in effi- in mass production. cultivation and development of the This year our 210mm n-type 595W, whole industry chain ecology. The n- 690W and other products have made type i-TOPCon cells have taken the their debut globally, with power 75W lead in product capacity for their over- higher and LCOE 1.5% lower than all cost-effectiveness, something that those of counterparts on the market. customers appreciate. Since the new n- We are likely to have modules exceed- type cell technology has higher require- ing 700W in the near future. ments for crystalline silicon wafers, PV technology: Users always need to silicon materials, thinner silicon wafers be front and center and the longevity of modules, the in- Two principles are paramount in de- dustry chain needs to be integrated veloping PV technology: well and better coordinated among seg- The first is customer value. In this, ments to deliver more benefits to all LCOE is a highly important considera- parties. tion. BOS costs vary in different coun- tries, and this produces different Collaboration and openness the customer demands. We provide prod- pathway to a zero-carbon world ucts in line with their needs. The second is the value of the indus- PV plays an important role in energy try chain. For the existing 210mm Ver- transformation and carbon neutrality. tex technology based on PERC The search for enhanced supply chain technology and the coming 210mm n- security is being given higher priority type technology, the key to industrial- in many countries. Localization and ization lies in the integrated industry globalization of the PV industry world- wide will simultaneously become an important trend, affecting the progress of the global new energy industry. 12



ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Pictorial coverage of Build Asia Expo held at Expo Centre Karachi from 24th to 26th, December 2022 14





ENGINEERING POST January 2023 M/s F&M Engineering renamed to M/s Blue Ocean Engineering M/s F&M Engineering has change in management and in more. The company also possesses ture building assessment & backup changed its name in pur- range of services we offer. There- state of the art laboratories and by a state of the art digital labora- suit of its wider strategic fore, name change shall not impact testing equipment and offers mate- tory setup has technical team of goals. In this regard an official no- our ongoing cooperation and rial testing services as well includ- more than 300 building assessment tification was released by the com- agreed terms. The name change is ing soil testing asphalt testing experience which includes (T, P, G, pany stating “Purpose of the consequence of our new strategic geotechnical investigation and Institutes, Plots, Oil & Gas Sector) notification is to inform our clients move that intends to position us much more. & Geo Technical investigation), that our company is going to better in the market.” According to the notification the Soil Investigation 2000 Residential change the business name from The company has a diversified company will be serving as it is & 250+ Commercial Buildings. The M/s F&M Engineering to M/s Blue team of Certified Engineers and with the same PEC number but company aims to deliver innovative Ocean Engineering soon with the Technicians who can offer services with a different name i.e M/s Blue services and solutions that will as- same PEC Registration number. for Civil, Mechanical, Lifting Ocean Engineering. Blue Ocean sist the customers to accomplish Please note that there has been no Equipment Project and many Engineering Pioneer in old struc- their goals. 17

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 NetLine (Pvt) Ltd First Company in Pakistan to receive 4.5 million USD valuation in the Energy sector Intermarket securities, a our team that has helped Net- leading brokerage firm, con- Line become one of the leading firmed a 4.5 million USD firms in Pakistan, offering valuation for Netline, a family- benchmark sustainable energy owned business in the energy solutions via world-class inno- and power sector. NetLine is vations and technology.’’ known as one of the pioneering businesses in the field of solar Mr Wajid Hussain, CEO of In- and UPS (uninterruptible power termarket Securities, said, ‘’ supply). Netline has demon- Pakistan has an abundance of strated top-performing capabil- solar irradiance and receives ities as a turnkey Solution sun energy virtually all year. specialist firm serving some of When paired with international Pakistan's largest industries investment, this represents a and companies since 2002. fantastic chance to harvest solar energy from the most irradiated Mr. Iqbal Zavary, the founder places in the country. The Pak- and chairman of NetLine, com- istani solar energy market is ex- mented, ‘’The years 2021 and pected to be spurred by 2022 were pivotal for our organ- supporting government policies isation, and we are overjoyed and initiatives by well-devel- with the outcomes. Our quality, oped businesses like NetLine.’’ innovation, consistent perform- About Net-Line: ance, and dependability demon- strate that our products are NetLine is a prominent technologically sophisticated provider of energy solutions and exceed industry standards. with a focus on constant innova- We are able to stay ahead of the tion to improve the energy per- curve thanks to investments in formance of electrical technology and prompt adoption installations in infrastructures of energy trends. We are hon- for industrial and commercial oured to be recognised as one of sites. Netline is one of Pak- the leading family-based energy istan's leading players in Criti- companies. cal Power and Energy Solutions, with offices in Pakistan, UAE This valuation by Intermar- and USA. The group is commit- ket Securities demonstrates our ted to enable a more sustainable dedication to providing our and resource-efficient future by clients with trustworthy and re- addressing the world’s energy liable products. I am proud of challenges. 18







ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Pakistan is undergoing a tough phase scenario he said “There is currently a lot of fi- Jaria and we will keep working for the reha- right now both politically and economi- nancial chaos in the world especially because bilitation of the flood affected people until cally. During this time of disinformation Europe and USA are having energy crisis. things return to normal because the country and panic mongering it is always better to The Russia Ukraine war has also damaged always comes first,” he said. seek consultation from someone who is well the trading but I am sure that the upcoming Mr. Diwan Fakhruddin is also actively en- versed in the ways of the world and has an months will be very positive for the whole gaged with all the stakeholders including unbiased opinion as well. One such person is country,” he said. Governor state bank, Finance Minister Ishaq Mr. Diwan Fakhruddin who is the CEO of While explaining the situation in the Gulf Dar, Chairman FBR and others in order to re- Fakhri Group, a leading HVACR and fire- countries Mr. Diwan Fakhruddin explained lease the shipments stuck at ports of Pak- fighting systems company. He is also the that economy of Dubai is growing as stability Chairman of Pak-UAE Business Council is increasing there. Qatar is also moving in within FPCCI and the convener of Trades and the right direction and will get more stable No danger of default, upcoming months will bring substantial prosperity An insightful discussion with Diwan Fakhruddin, CEO Fakhri Group Fairs at Dubai Chamber of Commerce and In- after FIFA world cup. Oman is also stable. dustry. He is also the joint secretary for Bohra But in GCC the most active expansion is community of Karachi. going on in Saudi Arab. “The vision of Prince Engineering Post had a riveting conversa- Salman is expansion in Saudi Arab. The tion with Mr. Diwan Fakhruddin regarding launching of Neom City and active develop- istan. During the conversation he revealed the current situation of the country and how ments in Jeddah are part of that vision and that after detailed discussions and delibera- he views the upcoming months for the engi- there are currently massive business oppor- tions they have convinced the government to neering industry. “First of all let me assure tunities over there. release shipments on the prospect of deferred you that our country is not going towards de- Mr. Diwan Fakhruddin played a very piv- payment. “There are shipments worth more fault. People erroneously compare Pakistan otal role for the rehabilitation of the people than 2.7 Billion dollars stuck on ports and with Sri Lanka; our situation is very different from flood stricken areas. As the joint secre- they include perishable items as well. We from theirs. Our commercial bad rates are not tary for Bora community of Karachi he led have convinced the government to initiate a as bad as the case was in Sri Lanka so we are from the front and was involved in providing process of deferred payment so that the ship- safe from default,” he said at the start of the cooked and dry rations to more than 3 lakh ments can be released for now. FM Ishaq Dar conversation. people and also provided shelter to more has agreed and as of now we have released While commenting on the current economic than 1.5 lakh flood affectees. “It is sadqa e shipments worth around 20 million dollars.” 22



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ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Pictorial coverage of Solar Pakistan Expo held at Expo Centre Karachi from 24th to 26th, December 2022 26





ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Communication Division launching 5 projects on BOT mode Engineering Post Report nomic Council (ECNEC) in May 2021 at an estimated cost of Rs Communication Division of 10300.000 million , no expendi- the Federal Government is ture was incurred on it till June launching 5 projects on 2022. An allocation of Rs BOT (Build, Operate and Trans- 4000.000 million ,however, has fer) mode for improving and con- been provided under the Public necting transportation and Sector Development Programme communication facilities between (PSDP) 2022-23. the provinces and with the re- gions of the country. . Other projects lined up for launching under BOT mode in- Ground breaking ceremony clude Construction of Kharian- Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway Rawalpindi Motorway (115 (M-6) was performed in the sec- including Land, Utilities and Up- ond week of December 2022 by front VGF at a total cost of Rs Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif 95810.299 million. It was ap- for its completion in 30 months at proved by ECNEC in December an estimated cost of Rs 2021 at an estimated cost of Rs 308193.989 million on Public Pri- 36112.000 million. An allocation vate Partnership basis with Up- of Rs 3500.000 million has been front Viability Gap Fund (VGF).. provided for its under PSDP It was structured by the Public 2022-23. Private Partnership Authority (P3A) of the Federal Government Sialkot (Sambrial-Kharian Mo- under the Build-Operate-Trans- torway (69 km) on BOT basis is to fer mode in collaboration with the be implemented at a total cost of National Highway Authority Rs 43392.550 million. It was ap- (NHA). proved by ECNEC in March 2021 at an estimated cost of Rs The motorway, which will com- 15240.709 million. An expendi- plete the missing link of the ture of Rs 8000 was reported to north-south (Peshawar-Karachi have been incurred on its imple- Motorways network, spans over a mentation till June 2022 and an length of 306 kilometers compris- allocation of Rs 139.410 million ing six lanes. It has been de- has been provided under PSDP signed as a climate-resilient 2022-23 for its continued imple- project and the private party will mentation in a phased manner. construct it and operate it for 25 years commencing from the date Other two projects are Con- of the agreement. struction of Lyari Elevated Freight Corridor (20 km) (PC-11) It was approved by the Execu- and Construction of Shahdara tive Committee of National Eco- Flyover. 30

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 PSDP drastically slashed for second consecutive year Engineering Post Report has been taken under pressure Public Sector Development and instructions of the Interna- Programme (PSDP) 2022- 23 of the Federal Govern- tional Monetary Fund (IMF) ment has been drastically slashed by as much as 50 per cent consec- which is persistently demanding utively for the second year which will quite obviously further slow- of the federal government to cur- down implementation of the new and old development projects in tail its both development and cur- all sectors of the national econ- omy. rent expenditures forthwith. PSDP 2022- It could not be immediately as- 23 was ap- proved by the certained from official quarters in- Planning Commission cluding the planning Commission in line with the directions and the Ministry of Planning, De- of the highest economic body velopment & Special Initiatives of the country, National Economic Council (NEC) as how this extraordinary step of on June 8,2022 ahead of the pres- entation of the federal budget for the federal the ongoing financial year in the National Assembly on June government 10,2022 at size of Rs 725 billion comprising 1219 ongoing and new will now ad- schemes of the Federal Min- istries/ Divisions, Corporations versely affect etc. Now, its size stands at Rs 350 billion only. implementa- Though no official announce- tion of the de- ment was made for such drastic reduction in the PSDP 2022 -23 in velopment the second quarter of the ongoing financial year but some reports projects al- indicated that this extreme step ready sched- uled for completion in all sectors of the na- tional economy by end June 2023. During last financial year PSDP 2021-22 originally sized at Rs 900 billion was also cut down to Rs 550 billion in the third quar- ter owing to to fiscal imbalance and to contain the increasing cur- rent account deficit and primary deficit besides continuing with the public relief package. The planning Commission sources af- terwards pointed out that the number of development projects due for completion by June 30, 2022 has been reduced downward from 371 to 170 only. 49



ENGINEERING POST January 2023 IEEE organized seminar on “Condition Monitoring of Generators & Motors” The 6th Technical Seminar lyzing certain signals from mo- of year 2022 organized by tors / generators, etc. poten- Power Engineering Soci- tially developing faults and ety PES, IEEE, Karachi R10 inefficiencies can be identified, was held at sunset club on 15th and unplanned downtime can be December 2022. The seminar avoided. was chaired by Ishtiaq-ul-Haq, Chairman PES, IEEE, Karachi Online Condition Monitoring R10. emphasizes the continuous monitoring of a machine or any The presenter was Mr. Ghu- production process and is a non- lam Murtaza and the topic of interrupted process. There is no the seminar was “Condition word like ‘Shut-Down’ in Online Monitoring of Generators & Mo- Condition Monitoring. It helps tors” the users to pre-estimate the cost of faults and figure out the Condition Monitoring of large level of the fault. It also pro- generators and motors is an im- vides important benefits from a portant tool in predictive main- financial, operational, and tenance for machines and safety perspective. plants. By collecting and ana- 32



ENGINEERING POST January 2023 BloombergNEF tier 1 list 4Q 2022 adds to Trina Solar’s continued success Trina Solar has once again 100% bankability for seven con- been listed in the recently secutive years released BloombergNEF Tier 1 PV Module Maker List, 4Q Trina Solar has won recognition 2022, thanks to its outstanding in the financial market and from reliability, brilliant bankability renowned institutes with excellent and leading technology innova- product performance, technologi- tion. cal innovation and stable financial performance. Trina Solar is the The tiering system for PV mod- only module manufacturer to be ule products is developed by rated as bankable for 7 consecu- BNEF based on bankability and a tive years by 100% and has been set of strict criteria, to create a rated AAA, the highest category, transparent differentiation be- in the Module Tech Bankability tween the hundreds of manufac- Ratings report by PV-Tech. turers of solar modules on the market. Trina Solar’s continued In the BloombergNEF PV Mod- presence on the tier 1 list demon- ule and Inverter Bankability 2022 strates global industry recogni- report released earlier this tion of its quality modules, brand month, almost all (96%) respon- credibility and strong market dents considering 210mm mod- competitiveness. ules bankable. Outstanding reliability proved 210 product platform +n-type i- by third-party and empirical study TOPCon technology continues to lead the industry In addition to the tiering sys- tem, Bloomberg also takes techni- Guided by the LCOE-oriented cal due diligence reports from principle, Trina Solar 600W+ renowned third parties into ac- ultra-high-power modules, cre- count. Trina Solar has been listed ated on the 210mm product tech- as a Top Performer by PVEL for nology platform, deliver lower eight straight years and named a LCOE and have become the RETC Overall High Achiever for trending product worldwide. Ac- three consecutive years as of cording to TrendForce, the indus- 2022. Moreover, Trina Solar’s Ver- try shipped 50GW of 210mm cell tex 670W modules at the empiri- modules in first three quarters, cal site withstood the strong and totaling 76GW since mass typhoon Muifa with strong winds production. Trina Solar has of nearly 160 kph, equivalent to a shipped 40GW of 210mm mod- Category 2 Atlantic hurricane. ules, enjoying the biggest market share. 34



ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Building Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Engineering Post gressively be shifting as the least cost and contacted. strengthening of in the Special Eco- Report towards domestic sustainable option, Transmission and nomic Zones (SEZs) coal, renewable and the official sources In the coming Distribution network was going to be priori- Economic growth hydropower sources concerned said when and energy provisions tized from the public was not possi- years, according to the investment, Invest- ble without an ment through PSDP efficient and modern official sources, will only be made in infrastructure as it projects identified in helps in reducing the the Transmission Sys- transaction costs and tem Expansion Plan time, fosters trade while in the distribu- and investment, both tion companies DIS- local and foreign, and COs, the PSDP helps in achieving the financing for DISCOs economies of scale. will be kept limited to Production not only the strategic roadmap can keep pace with prepared by the DIS- the demand when in- COs under National puts and resources Electricity Plan. become available on time but also at com- By the end of fi- petitive prices. It was nancial year 2021-22, therefore imperative 3275 MW installed that the government capacity was added to makes as much in- the national grid, vestment as possible with nuclear plants for improving the topping the list with quality of infrastruc- a contribution of 1145 ture as well as its cov- MW and increasing erage so as to help the cumulative toll to industry and business 37951 MW. compete in the mar- ket and foster devel- During financial opment. year 2022-23,2928 MW of new genera- In the contempo- tion capacity was rary era, electricity being added to the was considered to be national grid includ- a potential driver of a ing major contribu- nation's economy and tion of 1650 MW from with the commitment local coal. Conse- towards the 2030 quently, increasing agenda for Sustain- cumulative capacity able Development, af- to 40879 MW. fordability, reliability, NTCDC Power Sys- sustainability and ac- tem Planning De- cessibility have be- partment has already come indispensable confirmed that the straits of electricity. available capacity The present day sce- will be 32703 MW nario comprised an and 22339 MW excess of expensive against estimated electricity in the na- peak load of 26346 tional grid, leading to MW and 15410 MW ever growing prob- during summer and lems of circular debt winter seasons re- for the federal gov- spectively. ernment. As such, the need of the hour The capacity addi- was not to fund new tion at distribution power generation level of 132kv MVA project from the Pub- will be added on lic sector Develop- 220kv level. the ca- ment Programme pacity addition at dis- (PSDP) unless it was tribution level of a least -cost project 132kv voltage level under Indicative will be 4385 MVA Generation Capacity with the addition of Expansion Plan. En- 1614219 consumer ergy mix for power and electrification of generation will pro- 10506 villages during financial year 2022- 23. 36

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 An insight into Micro Grids By Engr. Sheikh Muhammad Ibraheem pendent micro grid emergencies. Even a may efficiently in- clude several distrib- single micro grid can uted generation (DG) sources, particularly make a significant renewable energy sources (RES). Micro difference in a town grid Benefits When the utility fails, if a major storm dis- micro grids are in- tended to keep a rupts electricity serv- company's mission- critical loads opera- ice. Several Central tional. Many are capable of supporting Atlantic micro grid all loads, or all but unnecessary and operators allowed pending loads. Mi- crogrids can reduce first responders and expenses. On-site Author Biography power generation for locals access to their micro grids is fre- Sheikh Muham- facilities after Hurri- mad Ibraheem is a cane Sandy so they student of electrical could gather, dry off, engineering, an au- and charge phones thor, and a researcher quently incorporated not intended to take power systems are and radios. Commu- into cogeneration advantage of the frequently twice as from Pakistan. He is and district energy heat produced as a efficient. Micro grids nity Grids Commu- systems. When com- byproduct of power have the potential to an active member of pared to central util- generation, com- develop as safe nity micro grids can ity stations that are bined heat and havens during local NSPE and IEEE assist the uptake of world’s largest engi- local energy while neering communities. providing services to His books are pub- thousands of clients lished across the (electricity, heating, globe and is currently and cooling). Some studying in The Uni- homes in a commu- versity of Lahore. nity micro grid might A microgrid is a have renewable re- small, locally con- sources that can trolled electrical sys- meet both their own tem with clearly and their neighbours' defined electrical needs for energy. The borders. It can run in community micro both grid-connected grid could also in- and island modes. A clude a single dis- \"Stand-alone micro tributed energy grid,\" also known as storage system or a a \"isolated micro- number of them. grid,\" can only run Such micro grids off the grid and is not could take the shape able to be connected of a bi-directional to a larger electrical power electronic con- power network. Grid- verter-coupled ac connected micro and dc micro grid. grids typically oper- Micro grid Topologies ate synchronously 1. AC Micro grid: and in connection Through an AC/AC with the conven- converter, power tional wide area syn- sources with AC out- chronous grid put are connected to (macrogrid), but they an AC bus. This con- also have the flexibil- verts the AC's ity to operate inde- changeable fre- pendently in \"island quency and voltage mode\" when neces- to an AC waveform sary due to technical with a different fre- or practical consider- quency and voltage. ations. By switching While DC/AC con- between linked and verters are used to island modes, they connect power increase the micro sources with a DC grid cell's supply se- output to an AC bus. curity and are able to 2. Hybrid Micro grid: provide emergency The hybrid micro power. These grids grid has a topology are referred to as \"is- for both AC and DC landable microgrids.\" output power A standalone micro sources. Additionally, grid is equipped with a bidirectional con- an energy storage verter connects AC system in addition to and DC buses to one its own power gener- another, enabling ation sources. When power to move be- a significant cen- tween the two buses tralised energy in both directions. 3. source is too far DC Micro grid: The away or too expen- DC micro grid topol- sive to run, these ogy connects power systems are em- sources with DC out- ployed for power put to the DC bus ei- transmission and ther directly or distribution. They through DC/DC con- give distant commu- verters. However, nities and smaller power sources that geographical islands provide an AC out- a choice for rural put are connected to electricity. An inde- the DC bus using an AC/DC converter. 37

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Properties of Network Design in Neural Architecture Engr. Dr.Muhammad Nawaz Iqbal ing a building block instead of a 5x5 convo- created for a small lution). After a few dataset to a larger epochs of training dataset, NASNet was from scratch, the new able to solve this prob- designs are validated lem. When convolut- to determine their ing an input feature scores. Then, the bet- map, the design was ter, more recent archi- restricted to using two tectures are types of convolutional substituted for the cells: regular cells, candidate pool's low- Au t o m a t i n g which return maps of est scoring architec- ANN design the same extent tures. It is asserted using neural ar- (height and width), that Neural Architect chitecture search and reduction cells, in is a multi-objective, makes use of machine which the returned resource-aware RL- learning. Networks feature map height based neural architec- that compare favor- and width is reduced ture with network ably to hand-designed by a factor of two. The embedding and per- systems have been reduction cell's initial formance prediction. created using a vari- operation employs a An existing network is ety of NAS design stride of two on the encoded using net- techniques. A candi- cell's inputs (to reduce work embedding to date model is put out, the height and width). create a trainable em- tested against a In general, an evo- bedding vector. A con- dataset, and the find- lutionary algorithm troller network ings are used as feed- for neural architec- generates transforma- back to instruct the ture search does the tions of the target net- NAS network, accord- following. The first work based on the ing to the fundamen- step is initializing a embedding. A multi- tal search algorithm. pool of several candi- objective reward func- Systems like AutoML date architectures and tion takes into and AutoKeras are their validation rat- account training time, readily available. It ings (fitness). The ar- computational capac- can take a while to di- chitectures in the ity, and network accu- rectly learn a model candidate pool are al- racy. Several architecture from a tered at each stage huge dataset. By mov- (eg: 3x3 convolution Continued on page 39 38

ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Continued from page 38 meters). Using a finite number of neu- performance simulations network rons and conventional linear con- that have been pre-trained or co- nections, a certain recurrent trained with the controller net- architecture with rational-valued work forecast the reward. Policy weights (as opposed to full preci- gradient is used to train the con- sion real number-valued weights) troller network. Following a modi- offers the capability of a universal fication, both an accuracy network Turing computer. Additionally, and a training time network eval- using illogical weight values cre- uate the new candidate network. ates a machine with super-Turing A reward engine combines the out- power. comes and sends the output back Understanding artificial neural to the controller network. Because networks' features is necessary for its expensive training and assess- using them. The application and ment phases consume a lot of pro- the data representation will deter- cessing resources, neural mine the model to use. Models architecture search frequently that are too complex hinder learn- does. This further results in the ing. Learning algorithm: Different evaluation of these methodologies learning algorithms have a variety requiring a significant carbon im- of trade-offs. With the right hyper- pact. To get over this restriction, parameters, almost every algo- neural architecture benchmarks rithm will perform well when were developed, from which it is trained on a specific data set. But now possible to quickly query or choosing and fine-tuning an algo- forecast the ultimate performance rithm for training on new data of neural networks. A dataset with needs a lot of trial and error. Ro- a fixed train-test split, a search bustness: The resulting ANN can space, and a predefined training become resilient if the model, cost pipeline is known as a neural ar- function, and learning method are chitecture benchmark (hyperpara- well chosen. International consortium to invest $50 Million in housing sector of Pakistan The Sustainable Housing table conference by the theme of “Re- Ecosystems (SHE) has an- silient and Sustainable Housing for nounced that it will further in- All: Delivering for People and Planet’. vest $50Million in the housing sector AMC has developed sustainable and of Pakistan in the next three years to affordable housing projects across provide homes to middle and lower multiple cities in Pakistan. Trellis middle class of the country. The con- Housing Finance Limited provides sortium has already invested 50 mil- Shariah complaint housing finance lion dollars to make 3000 houses in to people who are traditionally not Pakistan. catered by the current financial insti- This was revealed at the round- tutions in the country. 39

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ENGINEERING POST January 2023 Rail System to connect Thar coal to Port Qasim Thar Coal transport is being undertaken by road but the better and more efficient sys- tem would be undertaking transport through the railways system. In this regard the PC-1 for the plan has been prepared for connecting Thar coal to Port Qasim and is expected to be approved soon. The total project cost is approximately Rs 58.240 billion and would be financed through Public Sector Development Programme and Annual Develop- ment Plan on equal cost sharing basis. The proj- ect comprises construction of 105-kolometer long track including 24.58-kilometer loop-line new single line railway track infrastructure from Thar Coal mines to new Chhor Station and;(ii) construction of 18-kilometer long new double line track (9-Kilometer on each side), in- cludes 4.20-kilometer long loop-lines, from Bin Qasim railway station to Port Qasim. 42

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ENGINEERING POST January 2023 14 out of 26 Early Harvest Projects under overall CPEC framework completed Engineering Post Report lamabad via Mansehra, Eastbay Expressway, 1320 MW Port As many as 14 Early Harvest Qasim Power Plant, 1320 MW Projects out of 26 under the Sahiwal Power Plant and 720 overall framework of MW Karot Hydropower Project. China-Pakistan Economic Corri- Presently 5 projects including dor (CPEC) have been completed New Gwadar International Air- and remaining 12 are currently in port and 873 MW Suki Kinari Hy- different stages of implementa- dropower project are under tion and completion in a quite sat- construction. isfactory manner. Progress of CPEC projects in Projects which have been com- different sectors in the country pleted included Karachi-Lahore were reviewed by the two sides by Motorway, Multan-Sukkur sec- the Joint Working Group in its tion, Karakoram Highway (KKH) third meeting through video con- (Phase-11) Upgradation and Re- ference in the last week of Octo- construction from Raikot to Is- ber 2022. 44

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ENGINEERING POST January 2023 A look at Public Private Partnership Authority (P3A) Engineering Post Report of P3A Board. P3A Act 2017 also provides for Public Private Partnership receipt of fee from the successful Authority (P3A) has been private party at the time of fi- established by the federal nancial close. government in order to facilitate The total accumulative fee and assist the federal implemen- that has been accrued to P3A tation agencies in developing, comes to Rs 871 million which structuring and procuring their will be paid by the private party infrastructure projects on Public after the financial close. This Private Partnership modalities provision has been incorporated and to regulate the federal PPP in all bidding documents includ- transactions. ing the P3 Agreements, the Official sources concerned on sources said. being contacted said that P3A is actively pursuing to through P3A (Amendment) Act, engage the federal and provin- 2021., the P3A introduced estab- cial state-owned entities, to pro- lishment of Public Private Part- vide them the financial and nership Working Party (the legal services for their infra- P3AP) and Risk Management structure projects for a fee. Unit. Two dedicated funds, Via- The benefit of such an en- bility Gap Fund (VGF) and Proj- deavor would be two-fold: first ect Development Facility will being the implementing agen- facilitate the implementing cies would be developing P3 agencies for grant of VGF and projects under the direct advi- funding support for preparing sory supervision of P3A and sec- commercially viable and bank- ondly, P3A would be building able feasibility studies. capacity of the implementing The project preparation, ap- agencies starting from initial praisal, procurement and ap- screening, appraisal, prepara- provals have also been tion, procurement up to the im- systematized by introducing the plementation of a project. On concepts of (a) Project Concept this account, Public Private Proposal, (b) Project Qualifica- Partnership Authority is en- tion Proposal and (c) Project gaged with the Province of Proposal. The P3A Amendment Balochistan and Gilgit-Baltistan Act has mandated the P3AWP to to help, advise and capacitate assess, consider and approve the them for undertaking their var- PCP and PQP. ious initiatives under P3 modal- The Project requires approval ity, the sources added. 46



Goldwind Solution Factory launched in Pakistan Goldwind Corporation is a popular multi- Beijing. Recently, they have launched a solution showed high hopes for the growth and progress national company dealing in wind tur- factory in Pakistan which is focused on the de- of wind energy sector in Pakistan despite the bine manufactures and is based in velopment of reliable and noteworthy solutions challenges that will be faced during the process. regarding wind power and power plants in the country. Quite a few representatives from the Energy sector of Pakistan were a part of the event related to opening of the factory. They in- cluded Imtiaz Sheikh, Sindh minister of En- ergy, Chinese Economic and Commercial Counsellor to Pakistan Yang Guangyuan and business development manager of Goldwind, Mirza Umar. Mirza Umar introduced the company for- mally, described their portfolio and highlighted the necessity of the launching of this factory by emphasizing on its positive effects. He stated that the aim for this solution factory is to in- crease and promote the use of local technology. According to Yang Jianyong, the service di- rector for Goldwind, the solution factory struc- ture will also include a repair and training centre which will prove to be a basis for provi- sion of proper technology and enough man- power for local wind power plants. Moreover, the performance of Goldwind and their initiative on manufacturing of a localized solution factory in Pakistan was praised by the CEO of Tapal Wind Energy, Adnan Tapal, who