Pakistan’s first floating solar power plant being negotiated Water and Power Develop- higher officials of the govern- which will work in hybrid-mode ment Authority (Wapda) ment to discuss the project. with hydropower plants in Tar- is in the process of bela-Ghazi-Barotha Complex initiating a 300MW float- and displace electricity from ing solar power plant in expensive peaking thermal Pakistan with the help power plants. The project from World Bank. will deploy the first floating In this regard a team of solar plants in Pakistan. experts from World Bank Floating solar power in- will carry out the necessary volves installing solar panels tests and appraisal for the on floating structures on a floating solar project. The body of water, such as a lake, team will engage with the fjord or ocean, or in a hy- Wapda, Ministry of Water dropower reservoir. This not Resources (MoWR), and only utilizes the unused sur- Economic Affairs Division face area over the water bod (EAD). A delegation of World The project will finance 300 but also helps reduce excessive Bank held several meetings with MW of floating solar plants, evaporation of water.
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 $100m secured by K-Electric for transmission- networking benefits Karachi Electric Company where it was unserved previ- (K-Electric) manages to ously. This will increase the secure a total of approxi- amount of customers for the com- mately 100 million dollars for fi- pany and the current transmis- nancing in the network sector. sion network will be increased to The amount was received from reach farther areas and provide Dutch Development Bank FMO them with smooth electric supply. and was announced during a Safety is also considered to be signing ceremony held at The one of the most important require- Hague, Netherlands. The amount ments pf the system. A part of the was secured in order for the bet- fund will be used to invest on the terment of al- safety and secu- ready present rity of the gen- transmission net- eral public from works and the the hazards re- possibility for cre- garding this sys- ation of new wider tem. networks to en- Approximately hance the trans- 12,000 PMTs of mission and distribution of a KE’s distribution high loss net- reliable, safe and uninterrupted work has already been converted power supply. to insulate Aerial Bundled Cables The ceremony was attended by which provide power with safety. head of treasury and corporate fi- Methods will also be induced to re- nance Muhammad Farrukh who move illegal hook connections for represented KE on the occasion, the protection of general public. Ariane Ducreux, head of power The funds will also be used to and infrastructure division at introduce a better system to en- Proparco and Huib-Jan de Rui- able the company to draw addi- jter, the Chief investment officer tional power from the national of FMO. grid in order to fulfill the demand A part of this major investment and need of the customers which will be used to meet the con- is observed to be increasing day sumer demands as the demand of after day. Moreover, the power energy in urban areas does not will also be supplied to the re- elevate evenly. The funds will be mote areas and area of Balochis- used to extend the infrastructure tan that is licensed to the and provide energy to the areas company. 02
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 JUBILEE CORPORATION Opening new sales office in Peshawar Jubilee Corporation (JC) is try's localities. Jubilee Corpora- create a cohesive support net- its Regional office is in Lahore. delighted to announce the tion build lasting relationships work and further strengthen our Jubilee Corporation, Pakistan opening of its new sales of- with its customers by providing service capabilities in the re- is a private engineering organi- fice in Peshawar. The premises quality products, individualized gions. It is our pleasure to serve zation established in 1962. Part- will be located on A-4, 2nd Floor, customer service, and ease of our clients at our new location nered up with over 30 specialist New Diljan Arcade, Achini business by making our support with the same quality and serv- manufacturers around the globe, Chowk, Ring Road, Peshawar. services readily available for our ice you have expected of us. the company deals in stocking, Over the past 60 years, Ju- customers. The Peshawar's office will be sales and providing technical so- bilee Corporation's products We have expanded our foot- the 4th Liaison office in addition lutions and support in the do- have earned the trust of indus- print by opening new offices and to already existing Liaison of- mains of LV Switchgear, trial clients, consultants, con- making our products and serv- fices at Islamabad, Faisalabad Automation, Instrumentation & tractors, and switchgear ices as widely available as possi- and Multan. Whereas, JC's head Controls, Dry Type Transformers manufacturers covering all coun- ble. The expansion enables us to office is located in Karachi and and Busways Trunking Systems. 03
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 What made Jubilee Corporation grow even under restrictions of COVID-19 A candid discussion with Mr. Adnan Sheriff, Director-Technical Sales and Marketing, Jubilee Corporation Jubilee Corporation, Pak- Phase MV/LV AVRs among many father and elder brother. Capacity fuses based on German istan, is a private engineer- more. Soon after its inception, Mr Technology, in the market. Later, ing organization working in Jubilee Corporation’s founda- Abdul Mahomed Sheriff, Mr. Alnoor Sheriff (MD-Jubilee the market for over 60 years and tion was laid in 1962 by en- the youngest brother of Corporation) joined the company working in multiple sectors. The trepreneurs Mr. Akber Noor Mr. Akber Noor Ma- in the 90’s to further strengthen company deals in stocking, sales Mahomed Sheriff and his fa- homed also joined the the family commitment to the and providing technical solutions ther Noor Mahomed Sher- company in the 70’s. company. These visionary gen- and support in the domains of LV iff with the vision to bring His passion for engi- tlemen anticipated the boom of Switchgear, Dry Type Transform- latest technology trends in neering and his techni- textile sector in Pakistan at that ers and Busways Trunking Sys- the country. Mr. Noordin cal prowess benefited time and the increase in demand tems, Power Quality & Energy Sheriff, former electri- the company and over- for Low Voltage switchgear. The Management, Automation, In- cal engineer at all engineering family received advance train- strumentation & Controls and Siemens Pak- community of ings from Terasaki, Japan and Pneumatics. By providing excel- istan, also Pakistan. He contributed in the technological lent customer service and vital brought his was the one advancements in the country. technical expertise, the company v a l u a b l e who sug- Mr. Adnan Sheriff, Director- sets itself apart as being one of t e c h n i c a l gested in- Technical Sales and Marketing, the leading players in the market knowledge troducing Jubilee Corporation, during a re- who never compromise on prod- and expe- the con- cent conversation with Engineer- uct quality and has the courage rience to cept of ing Post shared that the vision of to think out of the box for its cus- t h e H i g h the company’s founding fathers, tomers. The company has a rich c o m - R u p - their business acumen and tech- history of bringing technical in- p a n y turing nical knowledge novations in the market though founded made Jubilee out its 60 years journey. Some of by his Corporation these introductions include one of the lead- Moulded Case Circuit ing players in Breakers, Digital Air the market Circuit Breakers, En- over the years. ergy Meters, Elec- “We started tronic Over Current only with Low Relays and Three voltage 04
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Switchgear and now have expanded towards partnerships have been executed keeping in than 40 engineers in its sales, marketing developing a comprehensive solution pack- mind that the vision and goal of both the and technical support departments. The age to provide a one window solution for our companies are in alignment with each other team facilitate customer queries, tailor cus- clients. We are working on 11kV sites and so cooperation become seamless. The brands tomized technical solutions and serve as a several Medium to Low Voltage projects all under the umbrella of Jubilee Corporation helping hand for product queries and sup- across Pakistan. Our goal is to further ex- have been meticulously chosen to provide the port for existing installed products. In this pand our portfolio so that all the needs of our best quality at affordable prices. While com- regard, the company is well known to come customers are fulfilled from a single place.” menting on this, Mr. Adnan Sheriff said up with solutions for the customer queries He further added that increasing the diver- which are designed exactly for that particu- sity of products and expertise in the com- lar problem. This ability to design solutions pany is one of the most important factors for reflects a high level of advance planning and adequate growth. The success of Jubilee Cor- equipment procurement on part of the poration shows how properly the company higher management of the company. Mr. has adopted and evolved this strategy for ex- Adnan Sheriff while commenting on this pansion. said “We have realised that the adequate During the time of COVID-19 restrictions availability of stock in our warehouse is ex- when the whole logistics system of the world tremely important for us because stock rep- was paralyzed and movement of equipment resents solutions. While working on a was expensive and time taking, many com- problem for the client we design the solution panies ended up being unable to fulfil their for the problem from the ground up. Every commitments to clients. Jubilee Corporation, aspect of the solution is designed to be best on the other hand expertly managed to nav- suited to the needs of the customer. To be igate out of that time successfully and even able to do design and implement it from continued growing during the time. Mr. scratch, it is pivotal that we have proper Adnan Sheriff while talking to Engineering stock level in our warehouse. Keeping this in Post explained how Jubilee Corporation mind, our stocking and branding strategy is managed to work during that time. “The sen- very carefully designed and executed. That’s iors of Jubilee Corporation had set some the reason why once a customer comes to us standards and requirements regarding for- he never goes back,” he explained. eign partners and our stock levels. We were Jubilee Corporation has its presence all able to perform so well during the pandemic over Pakistan. During the conversation with because our stocks were properly managed Engineering Post while discussing the ex- and we were not relying that much on logis- pansion plans of the company, Mr. Adnan tics. Secondly, Jubilee Corporation took a Sheriff said “We had felt the need to have an principled decision not to let go of our work- office in Peshawar to cater the needs of mar- force on humanitarian grounds. This was ex- “Achieving maximum customer satisfaction ket of the northern region. In this regard, we tremely beneficial for us as the demands has been our primary and major objective. have finalised an office space in Peshawar grew and the requirement for workforce in- We as a company work relentlessly to devise where construction has alreadSy started”. creased we had that top talent available at creative solutions for our customers which Recently, that office has become functional hand”. can bring ease of doing business for them in- and is the 4th Liaison office in addition to al- Jubilee Corporation has partnerships with cluding but not limited to providing techni- ready existing Liaison offices at Islamabad, over 35 specialist manufacturers from cal and sales support both on-site and on call Faisalabad and Multan. Whereas, JC's head around the globe including Japanese, Euro- and meeting their stocking needs”. office is located in Karachi and its Regional peans, Korean, Turkish and others. All these Jubilee Corporation has a team of more office is in Lahore. 05
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Founding member of Pakistan HVACR Society Engr. Anwar Saadat passed away Engr. Anwar Saadat the Engr. Anwar Saadat completed leaving for UK on a British Indus- sional Engineers qualified exten- renowned personality in B.Sc. Honors (Engineering) from tries Federation 2 year’s scholar- sive working experience in Pak- the HVACR sector and the The Punjab College of Engineer- ship. During 1952-58, he istan and including USA, UK, founder of A.Saadat & Co. has left ing & Technology, Lahore (now completed a post graduate course Europe and Middle East as well. this temporary world for his eter- University of Engineering & in HVACR His com- nal abode. He was the pioneer of Technology, Lahore). He was Engineering pany HVAC consulting in Pakistan and awarded Gold Medal by The Pun- from The Na- worked on was also one of the founding jab University in 1949 being the tional College numerous members of Pakistan HVACR so- top ranked student in his class. of Heating, renowned ciety. The whole engineering com- After completing his engineer- Ventilating, projects for munity is deeply saddened by this ing he worked with a HVACR con- Refrigeration HVACR con- loss. tracting firm in Pakistan before and Fan En- sulting and gineering, associated London (now mechanical Institute Of and electri- Environ- cal services mental Engi- for various neering, types of South Bank buildings. University) In consid- Later on he eration of obtained services ren- training and work experience in dered by him to HVACR Engi- UK, Belgium and USA with neering in the country, he was HVACR equipment manufactur- elected as Founder President of ers. Upon returning to Pakistan, Pakistan HVACR Society in 1996. he worked as Chief Engineer for He also held the position of Vice HVACR contracting firm till 1962. President of Association of Con- He founded the company sulting Engineers Pakistan in the A.Saadat & Co. and started prac- years 1990, 1995, 1997 and 2001. ticing as a Consulting Engineer. His death comes as a shock His company was the pioneer of which has saddened the whole en- Consulting Engineering in Pak- gineering community. Engineer- istan working for providing con- ing Post on behalf of the whole sultation in the field of HVAC, Engineering fraternity offers the Mechanical & Electrical systems. deepest condolences to the be- The company is staffed by profes- reaved family. 06
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Trina Solar breaks world record yet again by setting i-TOPCon cell efficiency at 25.5% Trina Solar, the leading global silicon oxide and doped polysilicon efficiency cell and module R&D cen- try, including by authorities and PV and smart energy total so- preparation, and high-efficiency hy- ter, “Trina Solar is thoroughly com- renowned institutions. In February lutions provider, has an- drogen passivation. By using mass mitted to cutting-edge research and Trina Solar was named by Reuters nounced that its 210×210mm production cell equipment, they development and has been a pioneer Events as one of the top 100 innova- i-TOPCon cell has achieved maxi- brought the maximum efficiency of in technological production and man- tors in Global Energy Transition mum efficiency of 25.5%, setting a large 210mm N-type monocrystalline ufacturing, helping it to maintain its 2022. The company was the only world record for the 23rd time. cells to 25.5%. leading position listed company in China in the list The result was certified by the Na- This new effi- with its efficient and among only a few others in the tional Institute of Metrology of ciency, the result products.” Asia and Pacific region to figure on China, the preeminent metrology of the company’s The achieve- it. scientific research center and na- continuing inno- ments have been Over the years Trina Solar has ap- tional legal metrology technical in- vation and research efforts, demon- vital as the company has pressed on plied for 2,200 patents, making it an stitution. strates once again Trina Solar’s with its 210mm N-type i-TOPCon industry leader in this respect. It has At the company’s State Key Labo- prowess in cell 210×210mm i-TOP- high efficiency cell project, and paves played a key role in 107 industry ratory of PV Science and Technology, Con cell technology. the way for follow-up development in standards and published 96 stan- Trina Solar researchers solved tech- “We are extremely proud of these the high-end market. dards, making a tremendous contri- nical problems related to selective latest achievements,” said Dr Chen Trina Solar’s achievements have bution to advances in the boron emitter, large-area tunneling Yifeng, head of the company’s high been widely welcomed in the indus- photovoltaic technology. Engro Energy to supply renewable energy to Agha Steel Agha steel, a leading steel steel on a green environment and duction losses will be lessened by nomic growth of the country. production company join decrease a collective load on the 8 percent. The CEO of Engro En- Representing Agha Steel, Mr. hands with the Engro En- national grid. The signing took ergy Ahsan Zafar said that the Hussain Agha said that it is the ergy company to receive renew- place at ‘Pak- basic purpose goal of the company to become able energy from there renewable istan Energy of creating a the first of the lot to produce steel energy park which includes solar Symposium' at a pool of green on green energy supply without as well as wind energy produc- local hotel in energy on any usage of fossil fuels by 2025. tion units. The steel industry re- Karachi. such scale is The use of raw and recycled scrap quires a big load of energy for Agha Steel is to open up metal as raw material, the com- production which also increases also looking for- the energy pany reduces the need for natural the burden on the national grid. ward to the in- market and resources and also has a reduced This step taken by Agha Steel stallation of MiDa technology for decrease the cost of energy which CO2 emission and energy con- was to help in the initiation of manufacture which will decrease will automatically play a vital sumption overall as compared to green steel revolution as it will the energy consumption of the role in the betterment of industri- the other steel manufacturers in- help in the manufacturing of company by 20 Percent. The pro- alization and ultimately eco- ternationally. 07
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Transfopower is anticipating bright future for distribution industry in Pakistan Engr. Fawad. J Saeed, CEO, Transfopower Industries talks to Engineering Post Transfopower Indus- over the world from logistics construction industry and revenues for companies said “We at Transfopower tries (Pvt) Limited to prices of commodities but overall development in the have increased but that is believe that RnD is at the was established in the as the restrictions of market. But due to the dol- due the increasing prices of core of any successful busi- year 1990 with the sole pur- COVID-19 are subsiding, lar rupee parity and increas- commodities not because ness which is why we work pose of initiating the in- the environ- profitability has excessively on RnD in fact a house manufacturing of ment is slowly increased” he ex- huge chunk of our revenue transformers in Pakistan. getting very plained. During goes towards RnD so we can The company started with a conducive for the conversation produce a product which small group of engineers businesses in he also appreci- meets or exceeds the de- who pioneered transformer Pakistan.” ated WAPDA and mands of our customers,”. manufacturing and design T r a n s - other public insti- During the conversation in the country. The high end fopower Indus- tutions for im- when asked about how he quality and reliability of tries (Pvt) proving their sees the future of electrical their products helped them Limited manu- payment cycles industry in Pakistan in the quickly become one of the factures trans- and payment next 5-10 years Engr. most esteemed producers of formers in times stating that Fawad Saeed said “Fortu- high performance trans- 5KVA to “It is a relief for nately in the past few years formers in the country. Since 5 0 0 0 K V A all the vendors.” a lot of work and invest- 2013, Transfopower Indus- range, for pub- In the list of ment has been poured into tries (has also stepped into lic and private electrical product electricity generation in the Energy Metering market sector includ- manufacturers in Pakistan but until now we and has become one of the ing WAPDA, Pakistan Trans- do not have the adequate fastest growing Energy D I S C O ’ s , fopower Indus- transmission capacity. Now Meter Manufacturers in KESC, Bahria tries (Pvt) Limited in the next phase it is ex- Pakistan. Town, Shell, is definitely pected that the investments Engineering Post had an etc. While com- placed on the top will be diverted towards exclusive discussion with menting on the due to their inno- massively improving the Engr. Fawad. J Saeed, Chief current condi- vative product de- transmission and distribu- Executive Officer, Trans- tions of the signs and tion infrastructure in the fopower Industries (Pvt) market Engr. available product country which includes Ltd. Fawad Saeed range. When Transformers, metering, ca- Replying to a question he said “There is a lot of de- ing inflation the price for asked to comment about bles etc. So we are expect- said, “The past couple of mand for transformers and end user keeps increasing how the company works to ing things to get a lot better years have been very chal- electrical products in the which is having a negative retain its top position in the in the future in Pakistan,” lenging for companies all market due to the boom of impact for business. The market Engr. Fawad Saeed he said. 08
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Haier Pakistan Commercial AC Department Celebrated Highest Ever Achievement in Quarter-I of 2022 Commercial Air Condition- ing (CAC) Department at Haier Pakistan celebrated the highest ever achievement in first quarter of 2022. The depart- ment recorded highest number of sales in terms of value as well as quantity of units sold. CAC De- partment has an unprecedented sales growth in the first quarter of current fiscal year. The main excerpts of achieve- ments include the sales value of 1.3 billion PKR, sales surpassed 20,000 pcs and Q1 sales were recorded at a highest growth of (220 Tons) in Gilgit and Ali Riaz 135% from previous years. This Malik House (350 Tons) in is indeed the highest ever Bahria Town and Metro CCR achievement so far and prestige Building (359 Tons) in Multan. for entire team for their untiring There are multiple orders from efforts. Light-commercial Ac’s as well in- In order to celebrate & make cluding King Edward Medical this day memorable, CAC de- University and HICO factory. partment organized a cake-cut- We, as a team, have vowed to ting ceremony at Haier Pakistan work hard even more in future Head Office, in first week of Quarters and strive for more April 2022. Mr. Nughman Raza – ciated CAC team for their fully secured repeat Chiller Proj- business prospects, with full zeal Vice President, Mr. Salman achievements in current quarter ects from MG Motors (1,300 and zest to carry forward these Saleem – National Manager and wished luck for future en- Tons), Interloop Hosiery (300 achievements throughout this Commercial AC, Mr. Rehman deavors. Tons) and Aims Hosiery (150 year. Haier’s vision is “Inspired Baig – Corporate Manager, It is pertinent to mention that Tons). Amongst them there are living”, we shall keep on inspir- graced the ceremony with their company has secured some huge some big VRF projects as well in- ing customers with our technolo- presence and rejoiced the occa- project of chillers, VRF and light cluding Lecole School project in gies and equipment by bringing sion with CAC team. They appre- commercial AC. We have success- different phases, Ramada Hotel comfort and luxury in their lives. 10
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Housing & Works Division implementing 54 ongoing and launching 59 new schemes Engineering Post Report involving no foreign aid. By end launching as many as 59new de- of the Housing and Works Divi- of the last financial year i.e. velopment schemes at total esti- sion involve any foreign aid or Housing and Works Divi- June30,2021, the Housing and mated cost of Rs18061.353 assistance in any form. sion of the Federal Gov- Works Division had incurred millionwith total allocation of Rs Out of 113, majority of 107 on- ernment continues Rs27031.975 million on the con- 10689.314 million during cur- going and new schemes have implementing 54 ongoing tinued implementation of these rent financial year nearing its been discussedand approved at schemes in a phased manner schemes and was in the process end. the Departmental Development and also launching59 new of utilizing an allocation of Rs On the whole, the Housing Working Party (DDWP) levels schemesduring the ongoing fi- 13522.197 millionunder PSDP- and Works Divisionis spending involving not huge amounts. nancial years under the Public during outgoing currentfinancial Rs 24211.511 million on both on- Only four schemes have been Sector Development Programme year. going and new schemeswhich okaye by the Executive Commit- (PSDP)with substantial alloca- Alongside implementation of are estimated to cost Rs tee of the National Economic tions. ongoingschemes, which are at 67704.720 million. Council (ECNEC) and the Cen- All ongoing development various stages of their comple- It is pertinent to mention here tral Development Working Party schemes are estimated to cost on tion,the Housing and Works Di- thatneither ongoing develop- (CDWP) depending on their the whole Rs49888.367 million vision was also in the process of ment schemes nor new schemes huge costs. 12
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Mecatech hosted annual iftar dinner and prize distribution ceremony Mecatech Pri- company mainly to ap- man of the Pakistan comed the guests. dressed the crowd and fered cash prizes and vate Ltd. is a preciate the hardest Engineering Council Mr. Anwarul Haq, appreciated the efforts certificates to its em- well known working employees Engr. Nayyar Saeed Chairman, Mecatech put in by Mecatech ployees from various and established com- and reward them. The and elected member Group while address- Group by offering best departments. These in- pany working to pro- event was an iftar din- governing body civil, ing the ceremony products and services clude the best perform- vide equipment and ner organized by the Pakistan Engineering highlighted the overall in the country. He was ers and the employees services related to management of the Council, Syed Nafasat performance of the also presented a shield associated with the HVAC, Civil, Electri- company at Faletti’s Raza attended the cer- company. He also by Mr.Anwarul Haq company for more than cal and Power Genera- hotel in Lahore. The emony as Chief Guest showed his gratitude for his work in the sec- 10 or twenty years. The tion all around the event was a gigantic and the guest of hon- for the guests for spar- tor and for blessing company employees country. The annual galaxy of professionals our respectively. Mr. ing their precious time the event with his and participants highly dinner and prize dis- from all walks of in- Adil Bashir, Managing and showing up in a presence. lauded the efforts and tribution ceremony dustry. Director, Mecatech large number. Engr. Mecatech, in an at- services by Mecatech was arranged by the Senior vice chair- (Pvt) Ltd warmly wel- Nayyar Saeed also ad- tempt to encourage, of- Group. 15
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 PHVACR Society – Karachi Chapter Signed MoC with Indus University, Karachi Pakistan HVACR Conditioning and Re- work together for stu- portance of Air Condi- while talking to Engi- Chairman and Local Society, Karachi frigeration. Recently, dents and welfare of tioning in Hospitals neering Post affirmed Council Members.\", he Chapter, under they signed MOC with the society. This is the and assured to that Karachi Chapter added. the leadership of its Memon Foundation first engineering uni- arrange the central is looking forward to Mr. Zeeshan Ahmed Chairman Mr. Zee- and opened branch at versity on board with plant visit to the Hos- put in the best efforts showed his gratitude shan Ahmed and his Hunar Foundation Karachi Chapter and pital in near future. with its Local Council for the Engineering Local Council Team and GCT Site, they will continue the These activities will Team Members. Post for always keep- Members are meeting Karachi. knowledge sharing. bring the confidence to Karachi Chapter will ing the industry in- with Professors and Last month, the The directors of Aga the students, and they bring new opportuni- formed and updated Principals of various Karachi Chapter and Khan Hospital will be able to play ties for our students to about the events of colleges and universi- Indus University Karachi were special vital role in the indus- develop technical Pakistan HVACR Soci- ties and highlighting Signed the MOC to guests at the event. tries. skills under the super- ety and encouraging the importance of Air support each other and They shared the im- Mr. Zeeshan Ahmed vision of Chapter them. 16
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ENGINEERING POST May 2022 The Next Evolution of IT Space Management for Colocation Providers and CIOs of Hybrid IT Data Centers By Humayun Akhlaq, Country President at Schneider Electric Pakistan IT physical infrastructure man- meet the standard. emissions will reinforce this trend. providers were focused solely on one agement is transforming amid We found evidence that this de- Customers want to know where thing: resiliency. It didn’t really mat- mounting demands for cyber se- sire for greater transparency started their power is being sourced, what ter how they got there and just sign- curity and physical security, sus- to emerge as a trend in 2017, when percentage is from renewable ing a service level agreement was tainability data, and reporting c o l o c a t i o n sources, and enough. transparency. These trends are here c u s t o m e r s much more. While resiliency, of course, re- to stay whether you own and oper- began to re- Given where mains essential, what we are expe- ate a colocation facility or are the quest more the market is riencing now is a more complex CIO of an increasingly distributed, visibility into headed, if a conversation for all involved. What hybrid IT infrastructure. their IT in- colocation fa- are the cyber processes for the colo- We believe these trends will lead frastructure cility is not cation provider? How do I know a to a significant change in the rela- in the coloca- e m b r a c i n g new tenant won’t impact my avail- tionship between colocation tion environ- this trend to ability? What is the energy carbon providers and their customers. ment. provide more footprint? How do I know you are It’s not enough to have a Service P r o v i d e r s insight for enforcing your physical security Level Agreement must prove their cus- processes? These are just a few of In this new environment, we be- they are tomers, we the questions being asked and I be- lieve it will no longer be enough for e q u i p p e d think they lieve they will become more granu- a colocation provider to only provide with the will fall be- lar over time. an SLA – their customers will de- tools and hind their The five pressing requirements mand insight and ‘proof ’ that the processes to competitors. are: colo provider has the systems and meet the re- For CIOs 1. Maximize utilization of re- tools in place to meet that SLA. quirements m a n a g i n g sources Perhaps a fitting analogy is ISO of the SLA, highly distrib- 2. Model and simulate changes 9000. This standard was released in and we think uted data cen- to understand implications before 1987 and addresses whether a com- that is a big ters with changes are made pany has the quality management change com- more than 3. Ensure infrastructure is systems in place to meet the stan- pared to how the industry has oper- half of their infrastructure outside healthy and secure from threats dard. In other words, it wasn’t ated in the past. the public cloud, the scope and level 4. Respond to the needs of ten- enough to have good quality. ISO A more complex conversation for of granularity in reporting is chang- ants to understand energy consump- 9000 required companies to demon- all involved ing. tion and carbon footprint strate whether they had the sys- The need for more details on sus- Just a decade ago, I think we 5. Provide tenants with trans- tems, processes, and tools in place to tainability reporting and scope could argue that colocation parency and insights 19
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Independent agency report With superior value, large-format modules will account for about 80% of market share this year Ultra-high power ket Report published trends. The switch to Share of large-for- quarter of 2021. Af- modules have in February by PV In- large-format modules mat wafers exceeded fected by large-format quickly become foLink, a division of in- is irresistible from the 50%, 210mm wafer be- wafers, there has been a mainstream market dependent analysis perspective of indus- comes mainstream dramatic reduction in choice, something that agency InfoLink, pro- trial chain support, According to PV In- market share of wafers 182mm and 210mm) is foLink’s report, exam- of the 166mm (M6) size expected to reach 79% ining the large-wafer and other smaller sizes, this year. Moreover, the production capacity of and a shift to larger market is moving for- leading wafer manufac- wafers has occurred. ward with 210mm turers, wafer makers According to the re- wafers, which has been (Source: PV InfoLink) have started to increase port, with the acceler- a mainstream choice their output ratio of ated shift to larger with a continuously ris- large-format wafers wafers in the second ing market share. Tak- considering the cost ad- half of last year, large- ing leading wafer vantage in each link. format wafers ac- maker Zhonghuan (Source: New Technology Market Report released by PV With the completion of counted for more than Semiconductor as an InfoLink in February 2022). older projects, there 50% of market share in example, the proportion has been a rapid de- the third quarter and of 210mm wafers in- has been perceivable in vided detailed data on cost reduction, produc- cline in total demand continued to rise. As creased from 43% in the the photovoltaic indus- size, cell and module tion capacity and mar- and output of seen in the report, mar- first quarter of last year try since last year. The developments, along ket share, the report 158.75mm (G1) wafers ket share of large-for- New Technology Mar- with projected future says. and cells since the third mat wafers (including Continued on page 22 20
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 NESPAK to design Tank Zam Multipurpose Dam costing Rs. 18 billion LAHORE: NESPAK has dam Project in District Tank, to store flood discharge and to ir- Study and Detailed Design for been engaged by Direc- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Mr. rigate about 70,000 acres of land. Development of 04 MW Hydel torate General Small Sahibzada Muhammad Shabir, Power generation of 25.5 MW Power Project at Rattu River As- Dams Irrigation Department Director General will be a by-prod- tore\" to NESPAK. Government of Khyber of Small Dams, Ir- uct of the Project. The Project consists of devel- Pakhtunkhwa to provide engi- rigation Depart- Also the Project opment of a Hydro Power Project neering consultancy services for ment Peshawar will help to im- in District Astore along Rattu Tank Zam Multipurpose Dam, it and Mr. Irfan Ul prove the level of River region to tap its available was stated by Dr. Tahir Masood, Haq, Vice Presi- g r o u n d w a t e r potential. Consultants shall car- Managing Director NESPAK. d e n t / H e a d table. Meanwhile, ryout all studies including topo- Estimated cost of the project is GT&GE Division Water & Power graphic surveys, geological & Rs. 18 billion and NESPAK scope NESPAK, have Department Civil geotechnical investigations and of services comprises “Updating signed the Con- Engineering Divi- environmental impact assess- of Feasibility Study, Detailed En- sultancy Services Agreement. sion Diamer-Astore Gilgit ment for feasibility and detailed gineering Design, Preparation of The proposed Project aims to Baltistan has awarded the \"Con- engineering design of the Proj- Tender Documents & PC-I of the create a water storage reservoir sultancy Services for Feasibility ect. With superior value, large-format modules will account for about 80% of market share this year Continued from page 20 market development, a number of PERC cells is about 0.2-0.23 yuan ultra-high power module based on module manufacturers are expected a watt, while that of large cells is PERC technology as an example, to 72% in the fourth quarter. to expand their production capacity about 0.17-0.21 yuan a watt. With according to the previous Fraun- By the end of last year, cell pro- in many places around the world. the mature PERC technology, the hofer ISE study made in Germany, duction lines accommodating sizes According to PV InfoLink's pre- introduction of large cells and the the system value of the G12 up to 182mm and 210mm reached vious report, by the end of last year improvement in efficiency and 210mm Vertex 670W mono-facial 266 GW, while large-format mod- there were more than 50 module yield of large cells have become and bifacial modules is signifi- ules reached 292GW. Because of manufacturers with production ca- the main cost reduction factors for cantly higher than that of the M10 equipment compatibility, the pro- pacity of high-power, large-format large PERC cells. According to PV 540W and M10 585W modules, duction capacity of 210mm modules modules. Among them, more than InfoLink’s report, the cost reduc- and LCOE is reduced by up to reached beyond 170 GW, higher 30 manufacturers had achieved tion brought by the large-format 7.4%.” than that of 182mm modules. Ac- mass production of modules featur- has led to huge capacity expan- With superior reliability and cording to the report, the produc- ing cell format up to 210mm, and sion of PERC cell. Last year, the value advantages, large-format tion capacity of large cells and the proportion continues to rise. new production capacity of large- modules are improving the safety modules is expected to rise year by Most of the new wafer production format PERC exceeded 170 GW, and efficiency of the entire photo- year by 2025. In Southeast Asia capacity is also of the larger size, which has also resulted in a sig- voltaic system, reducing LCOE Trina Solar has had a production rising year by year to ensure supply. nificant reduction of market share cost, and accelerating as well as up- capacity of 210mm modules. Based In terms of cost advantage, the of polycrystalline and n-type cells. grading the whole industry glob- on favorable external policies and current non-silicon cost of 166mm Trina Solar states: “Taking the ally. 22
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Neelum-Jhelum Power Plant Functional since August 2018 and still listed in PSDP 2021 -22 Engineering Post Report Water Resources Division at serial June 2021. Against throw forward dropower plant is an engineering number 1103 as approved by the of Rs 100741.610 million as on July marvel with as much as 90 per cent Neelum-Jhelum Power Plant Executive Committee of the Na- 01,2021, it was allocated Rs of its being underground in the high is functional since August tional Economic Council (ECNEC) 14160.000 million with no foreign mountain areas .It consists three 2018 and contributing 969 in May 2018 at a cost of Rs aid in PSDP 2021-22 for ongoing fi- main components i.e. a dam, a megawatt of electricity to the na- 506808.619 million including for- nancial year. water-way system comprising 52 tional grid but is still listed in the eign aid of Rs 238380.150 million No explanation or clarification kilometers long tunnels and an un- Public Sector Development Pro- provided by China, Kuwait, Saudi was available immediately for men- derground power house. gramme (PSDP) of the Federal Gov- Arabia, Islamic Development Bank tion of already completed hydel proj- It is generating since its being ernment for financial year 2021-22. (IDB) and OPEC. Against this esti- ect even after three and half years fully operational 5150 GWH (Gi- It is mentioned as an on going mated cost, Rs 406067.000 million as an ongoing project. But this may gawatt Hour) per year at levelised schemes under Hydel Projects of the were reported to be incurred by end be due to clearance of liabilities of tariff of Rs 13.50 per unit for 30 foreign donors loans as well as local years. of local payments. As mentioned above also,, the The Neelum-Jhelum Power Plant hydel project has been revised is part of a run-of-the-river hy- number of times over the years dropower scheme in Azad Kashmir with its cost going up to more than which has been in the boiling pot Rs 404321 million by the time it for many years . It was designed to was in the final stages of its com- divert water from Neelum river to pletion. It was last revised and a power station on Jhelum river lo- okayed by the ECNEC in Decem- cated 42 kilometers south of Muzaf- ber 2015 previously as its cost kept farabad with an installed capacity going up and up. It is providing of 969 megawatt. about five billion low cost hydel Construction of the project electricity to the national grid an- started in 2008 after a Chinese con- nually and estimated to be yielding sortium was awarded the construc- annual benefits of Rs 50 billion to tion contract in July 2007. After the national exchequer. delay of many years, the first power It is also pertinent to mention unit was commissioned in April here that the electricity consumers 2018 and the entire project was of all categories till some months completed in August 2018 when the back have been paying Neelum fourth and the last unit was syn- Jhelum Surcharge on their power chronized with the national grid on bills for years together. It is anyone’s August 13,2018 and attained its guess whether the electricity con- maximum generation capacity of sumers were also getting compara- 969 MW on August 14,2018 tively cheaper electricity produced In all fairness Neelum Jelum Hy- by this hydel project or not. 24
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 OGRA awards marketing licenses to two companies Engineering Post Report Qasim from which the RLNG would be supplied to to the cus- Oil and Gas Regulatory Au- tomers whereas Tabeer Energy has thority (OGRA) has targeted to make its terminal op- awarded marketing licences erational in the first quarter of to two companies in order to sup- 2023. Additionally, an optimization plement the existing capacity of plan was also in the process of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) planned implementation for im- for catering additional LNG im- proving capacity utilization of ex- ports in the country for bridging isting two LNG tyerminals. the gas demand supply gap. Meanwhile, in order to meet the OGRA has awarded marketing gas demand supply gap, during liences to Energas and Tabeer En- last financial year 2020-21, 8.1 ergy for carrying regulated activ- million tons was procured by June ity of sale of natural 2021 against the targeted import gas/Re-gasified LNG (RLNG) to of 7 million tons of LNG. the consumers for a period of10 Out of the total import, Pakistan years each State Oil (PSO) had handled 4.5 Furthermore, Energas Terminal million tons whereas Pakistan was also in the process of setting LNG Ltd (PLI) handled 3.6 million up its own LNG terminal at Port tons of LNG. MPCL initiates working at Sachal Gas processing complex Sachal gas processing complex completed at the end of current (SGPC) will be providing ap- year. proximately 20 mmscfd of The managing director and CEO high quality natural gas to of MPCL, Faheem Haider stated SNGPL. A 25km long pipeline will that this should be highlighted as be used for the countrywide trans- another major checkpoint towards mission which is newly built and the goal of the company to en- extremely efficient. After comple- hance the quality as well as quan- tion of the project, an estimated tity and supply of natural gas. total of 90 mmscfd of natural gas After completion, the project will is expected to be added into the increase 6 percent of country’s system. The project is said to be total indigenous gas supply. 28
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Information and Communications Technology exports up by 29 percent According to the Ministry of In- ports has remained on a higher side cent year-on-year (YoY). Firms offering such digital solutions formation Technology and since the pandemic period that in- According to a study an estimated have become highly sought-after by Telecommunication the Infor- duced a surge in freelancing activities. 70 million additional people have be- global investors, and have managed to mation and Communications Technol- Within ICT, the exports have in- come digital consumers only in the raise significant amounts of external ogy (ICT) exports of Pakistan have creased across almost all segments, in- Southeast Asia region after the begin- financing. Investments are flowing increased by 29.26 percent to $1.948 cluding software consultancy, call ning of the pandemic. The pandemic into start-ups at varying stages of de- billion. centres and telecom services during has also stimulated a drive to digitise velopment, including those at the ini- The upward trend in the IT exports the period. In March, the technology a wide range of other services, includ- tial stages, and with established is a positive sign for the country’s exports stood at $259 million, com- ing financial technology (fintech) and customer bases and revenues. trade and the current account deficit, pared with $209 million in the corre- logistics companies. These initiatives The Ministry of Information Tech- as it’ll contribute to increasing foreign sponding month of the last year. It are working towards creating solu- nology and Telecommunication has set exchange earnings. The growth in the witnessed a month-on-month (MoM) tions for everyday problems in the a target of $3.5 billion for the current technology product and services ex- increase of 29 percent, while 24 per- country. fiscal year. 31
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Security component again being added to ML-1 Project Engineering Post Report Commission sources, a project expressed concern over stripping the Railways Division in the for provision of security for ML- of the security component from Public Sector Development Pro- U nder directions of the 1 mega project has been pre- overall cost of the project. In the gramme (PSDP) of the Federal Federal Government, it pared and submitted for just submitted security compo- Government 2021-22 at an esti- has been decided to again consideration and approval at nent project, security component mated cost of Rs 1119307.523 add the security component to the appropriate level of the has been increased to about Rs million including huge foreign Pakistan Railways mega project Planning Commission. 35.992 billion, around 3 per cent aid of Rs 1066323.020 million of Upgradation and Dualization The security component is of the total cost, from previous with an allocation of Rs of Main Line (ML-1) from Pe- being again added to the mega provision of Rs 13.90 billion, just 6000.000 million including for- shawar to Karachi which is to be Railways project after security one per cent of the project cost. eign aid of Rs 2989.474 million completed under the umbrella of concerned institutions of both Following serious concern ex- for the outgoing financial year China-Pakistan Economic Corri- China and Pakistan had ex- pressed by China side, the Prime 2021-22.. dor (CPEC). pressed concern in this regard Minister in March 2021 had di- Mega Railways project was According to the information and demanded enhanced secu- rected the Railways Ministry to considered and approved by the available from the Planning rity measures. Both sides had evaluate the security needs for Central Development Working Main Line-1 project in consulta- Party (CDWP) on June 6,2020 tion with the stakeholders and and subsequently by the Execu- take up the case along with full tive Committee of the National justifications to the Ministry of Economic Council (ECNEC) on Planning, Development and Spe- August 5,2020. cial Initiatives at the earliest. It is pertinent to mention here Main objective of the security that a project titled “Prelimi- related project is to provide fool- nary Design/Drawings for proof security to the construc- Upgradation/Rehabilitation of tion camps and the Chinese and Mainline (ML-1) and Establish- other foreign personnel to be de- ment of Dry Port under CPEC ployed during the course of the and Hiring of Design/Drawing construction work on the upgra- Vetting Consultants” is also dation and dualization of ML-1 listed among the ongoing in all the three packages. schemes of Railways Divisions Financing Committee com- at a cost of Rs 10641.634 million prising financial experts of involving no foreign aid. The China and Pakistan continue to project so listed was approved by work on finalizing concessional ECNEC on April 12,2017 and Rs financing by China agreement. 9332.940 million were reported Mega project “Up-gradation of to have been incurred on it till Pakistan Railways existing June 30,2021 and against throw Main Line-1(ML-1) and estab- forward of Rs 1308.695 million , lishment of Dry Port near only Rs 500.00 0 million have Havelian Phase-1 (CPEC) is been allocated for financial year listed among 9 new schemes of 2021-22. 32
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Diamer Bhasha dam to be completed by 2026, 3 years earlier Prime Minister Muhammad completed. Shehbaz Shareef spoke at a He also reached out to the fed- briefing in Diamer earlier eral government to provide all and requested the work on the the support necessary for the dam project to be accelerated. project. Encouragement of inter- The project was started by Prime national investors was also an- Minister Nawaz Shareef in 2016 nounced. and was said Prime Min- to be com- ister Shehbaz pleted by Shareef said 2029. Accord- that what ing to the happened to current dead- the power line the proj- sector of this ect is said to country in be completed the last four by the end of years was 2026. unjust. He He said also said that that the proj- the dam will ect possesses extreme impor- help in improving the water stor- tance as it is a 4500MW mega age capacity of the country and it project and it should be com- will be providing irrigation to pleted as soon as possible as it 1.25 million acres of land, result- will prove to be extremely bene- ing in extremely positive results ficial for the country’s economy in the agriculture sector. and power demand. It will be A 13km long tunnel is also helpful in domestic as well as In- under consideration for construc- dustrial power consumption and tion to assist the flow of traffic at will also be boosting agricultural the Babusar top. He also insisted activities. on improving the health facilities The prime minister acknowl- in the area and ordered a report edged the fact that the project is for the construction of a well a huge task to be done under equipped hospital to facilitate such short notice but it will pro- the health related needs of the vide miraculous results once it’s people living in the area. 35
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Daewoo Gas to develop Virtual LNG Pipeline AMaster EPCF (Engineering LNG per day, improve Pakistan’s en- Procurement Construction ergy supply, create thousands of jobs and Finance) contract has nationally, and reduce carbon emis- been signed by Daewoo Gas with sions. The total foreign investment China National Chemical Engineer- in this project including the termi- ing Construction Company. Daewoo nal, facilities, LNG logistics and sup- Gas LNG project is a technological ply infrastructure is estimated to be breakthrough, based on innovative USD 300 million. design of For the transport- first time in ing lique- Pakistan, fied natural Daewoo Gas gas (LNG) will develop on trucks a gas sup- and ply-chain in bowsers parallel to loaded with the fixed ISO tanks pipeline rather than supply net- through the work at no pipeline risk or cost system. to Govern- This technology is referred to as ment of Pakistan. Facilitating re- “Virtual LNG” (VLNG) pipeline and gasification at their sites, all is common in China. The virtual cer- customers nationwide will be sup- emony was attended by the partici- plied gas through specialized LNG pants of both sides to discuss the tanker trucks. terms and conditions. Under the This project would go a long way terms of Master EPCF contract, the to give gas consumers a choice of CNCEC would design, construct and supply apart from piped gas. This finance an offshore LNG terminal large and ambitious project repre- complete with topside equipment to sents the ideals of CPEC industrial enable LNG filling into ISO contain- cooperation and technology transfer ers for use in Pakistan. The special- between the brotherly countries of ized LNG containers will be moved China and Pakistan. Experts are of by truck all over Pakistan where the view that under CPEC, such LNG will be re-gasified at client projects if comes to Pakistan will sites. bring technology up gradation in the At its peak, Daewoo Gas’ terminal local engineering sector. Developing will handle 10,000 metric tons of new expertise is the need of the time. 36
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Colonization of Special Economic Zones Engineering Post Report had exempted as much as Rs years, certain revisions in the fis- phased manner, aligned with the 49.3illion of custom duties and cal incentive package have since development timelines and re- The colonization of the Spe- taxes on the import of plant and been made to make it further prof- quirements of the zone enterprises cial Economic Zones (SEZs) machinery for setting up of units itable as well as regionally com- allowing the developers to admit can be divided into two eras, in these zones. petitive. more enterprises and rationalize pre- and post- SEZ MIS Module. Till sometime back, all 21 noti- Among other SEZ incentives, the demand and supply of these fa- Prior to the notification of the fied SEZs together account for ap- one of the major attractions is the cilities was accordingly imple- SEZs, Zone Enterprise Admission proximately 10029.64 acres of provision of utilities to the zero mented through the SEZ Zone and Sale, Lease and Sub-Lease of industrial land out of which 52 point of each SEZ. Lack of resource Enterprise Sale, Lease and Sub- Plots Regulations 2021, the SEZs per cent i.e. 5220.62 acres have allocation had constrained the ear- Lease of Plots Regulations 2021. were marred with real estate ac- since been allotted to the in- lier notified 7 SEZs, from achiev- The regulations allow the devel- tivities. vestors for setting up of the vary- ing their development milestones oper to only open those plots for However, in order to eradicate ing natures of industrial units while also making it difficult to so- the allotment that have necessary these practices and for giving way with planned investments of Rs licit interest for China-Pakistan infrastructure available while to only serious investors, locals as 633.9 billion, 43.6 per cent of this Economic Corridor (CPEC) SEZs. committing o meet the develop- well as foreigners, are now being comprises of FDI component i.e. As a result of the joint efforts by ment timelines of the potential processed through the SEZ MIS USD 1.73 billion. the quarters concerned, funds zone enterprise at the time of ap- Module with effect from January It is also quite significant to amounting to as much as Rs 19.9 proval. This will help the develop- 01,2021. This module is inte- mention here that under the Spe- billion were allocated for the provi- ers in meeting the costs of grated with the Security and Ex- cial Economic Zoines Act 2012, a sion of power and gas for all the development with the proceeds change Commission of Pakistan zone enterprise is obligated to SEZs, to be released over a period from the operations, and slowly (SECP) and only applications start construction within six of five years under the Public Sec- but surely develop the whole SEZ from SECP registered concerns months and to get into commer- tor Development Programme and populate it quality invest- are since been accepted. Efforts cial production/operations within (PSDP) in a phased and prioritized ments. The role of SEZ committees were also underway to digitize 24 months of its approval, manner. in monitoring the provisions of and streamline the legacy data whereas title to land is to be Provision of utilities and infra- utilities and infrastructure to the and approvals procedure. transferred only after it has per- structure are quite obviously the zone enterprises as per their Out of earlier notified seven formed regular operations for six basic components for any indus- phased requirement as such will SEZs by 2016, except the Quaid-i- months. Unless otherwise ex- trial undertaking to be successful. be quite crucial. Azam Apparel Park which was re- tended, upon expiry of the 24 SEZs could not get any financial For want of adequate space, Re- notified in December 2020 as months or the period so extended, support for the provision of the vised SEZ Fiscal Incentive Pack- Quaid-i-Azam Business Park, all if a zone enterprise remains un- utilities in the past but funds are age and Major Initiatives taken six earlier notified SEZs were at able to fulfill its obligations the duly being allocated for the pur- by the Board of Investment in FY the advanced stage of coloniza- status is liable to be withdrawn. pose. The notion that provision of 2021 may be published later on, tion. These SEZs together house As for the incentives are con- utilities and infrastructure must please. Board of Investment (BOI) 285 enterprises. More than 84 per cerned, according to the informa- be completed in all respects to is the secretariat for the Special cent of industrial area has since tion gathered from the official allow plug and play facilities to the Economic Zones (SEZs) and In- been allotted, over 46 per cent of sources concerned, considering in- enterprise before admission re- dustrial Cooperation under investment realized with 50 per centives to be the driving force for quired re-valuation. To this end, a CPOEC and a partner to all the cent as Foreign Direct Investment any type of SEZ, to lure the in- mechanism for the provision of SEZ development agreements on (FDI). The federal government vestors, over past more than two utilities and infrastructure in a behalf of the Federal Government. 38
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Efficiency of Wind Power at Miniature Scale Engr. Dr. Muhammad Nawaz Iqbal bines can be intended hookup to the normal to work at lower wind power framework isn't speeds. Turbines are fundamental, it assists regularly mounted on a with diminishing ex- pinnacle to raise them penses by permitting over any close by im- monetary recompensa- pediments. One guide- tion plans. line is that turbines In the creating scene ought to be somewhere in any case, the begin- around 9 m (30 ft) ning up cost for this higher than anything hardware is for the Various tech- inside 150 m (490 ft). most part excessively niques for power Better areas for wind high, hence leaving no generation can turbines are far away decision except for to bring about a wide from enormous upwind reach out up to multiple utilize the acceptance bine and solar based decide on elective set- range of expenses, impediments. Estima- times the obstruction's type, albeit a few mod- charger), foundation for ups. Contingent upon which can be parti- tions made in a limit tallness downwind. The els use single-stage energy stockpiling and the set-up picked (mon- tioned into three gen- layer air stream have generators for little generators or direct power change and a etary recompensation eral classes including demonstrated that crit- wind turbines are nor- current result. connect to the standard plot, power plant, addi- discount costs, or all ex- ical unfavorable im- mally three-stage rotat- Notwithstanding the power matrix is gener- tional hardware), costs penses paid by utilities pacts related with ing current generators power creation plant ally required or poten- might differ. As per related with securing adjacent snags can and the pattern is to (for example wind tur- tially predicted. Albeit a Practical Action, micro- and conveying power to generation at home customers, retail costs which involves the most paid by buyers, and recent in cost saving-in- outside expenses, or ex- novation (wiring bri- ternalities, forced on so- dles, prepared sheets, ciety. The calculated modest DIY-power normal expense per plants, for example Do- unit of electric power It-Yourself breeze tur- should fuse the expense bines) the family use of development of the can be very minimal ex- turbine and transmis- pense. sion offices, acquired Enabled produce up assets, return to finan- to 50 kW of electrical cial backers (counting power. Detached people the expense of hazard), group, that may some- assessed yearly cre- how depend on diesel ation, and different generators, may involve parts, found the middle wind turbines as an- value of over the ex- other option. People tended helpful exis- might buy these frame- tence of the hardware, works to diminish or which might be over 20 take out their reliance years. Energy quotes on lattice electric power are profoundly reliant for financial reasons, or upon these suppositions to decrease their carbon so distributed expense impression. Grid con- figures can contrast sig- nected domestic wind nificantly. might utilize frame- The expense has di- work energy stockpil- minished as wind tur- ing, in this way bine innovation has supplanting bought moved along. There are electric power with pri- currently longer and vately delivered power lighter breeze turbine when accessible. sharp edges, upgrades The overflow power in turbine execution, delivered by home- and expanded power grown microgenerators age productivity. Like- can, in certain wise, wind project capi- purviews, be taken care tal consumption of into the organization expenses and upkeep and offered to the serv- costs have kept on de- ice organization, creat- clining. Small wind tur- ing a retail credit for the bines, otherwise called microgenerators' pro- miniature wind tur- prietors to counterbal- bines, are utilized for ance their energy costs. microgeneration of Mostly small wind tur- power, rather than bine cutting edges are huge business wind made of fiberglass and turbines, for example, just have a long period those found in wind of 10 to 20 years. Previ- ranches. ously, there was no mar- Little wind turbines ket for reusing these old regularly have de- blades, and they are tached yaw frameworks regularly discarded in rather than dynamic landfills. Since edges ones. Miniature scale are empty, they take up wind turbines require a a huge volume con- base breeze speed to trasted with their mass. begin creating, called Beginning around 2019, the cut-in speed. This some landfill adminis- speed is normally trators have started ex- around 4 meters each pecting cutting edges to second (8.9 mph), albeit be squashes prior to some little wind tur- being landfilled. 39
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Chery to set up Automobile Manufacturing Unit in Pakistan Aprominent Chinese automo- fruitful and rewarding. Export is bile manufacturing company, also under consideration from Pak- Chery, has initiated a local istan to the other RHD countries. manufacturing project for their ve- SUV manufacture will be the most hicles here in Pakistan. The com- targeted product as it is the most pany had launched it’s new RHD suitable for traffic and road condi- strategy earlier in 2019 in which, tions of the country. seven countries were focused for “Echoing Pakistan’s EV policy, the installation of local manufac- Chery has also developed a new en- ture units. The countries were de- ergy vehicles plan, including EV, cided on the basis of marketing PHEV, FCVE, REEV for RHD mar- potential and business possibilities kets” said that country director available. Pakistan Felix Hu during an inter- The company representatives re- view. He also underlined that the vealed that they will continue to company will introduce newer mod- focus on marketing in Pakistan as els in Pakistan that have not been the business market is extremely introduced in China yet. Naveena Group to install 50MW Wind Power Plant Being one of the leading busi- lence in industry. The project ness multinational in Pak- worth’s around 65 million USD and istan with over will provide clean 300 million dollars wind energy at 4.7 sale record, Naveena per unit which is the group has announced cheapest cost of re- a 50MW wind power newable provided in project in Jhimpir, the country. The com- Thatta, Sindh. With a mercial application of diversified portfolio in project has been the field of textile, started on 13th April steel, construction 2022, which is a great and notably growing milestone in the his- in Energy, this project has paved tory of wind industry in Pakistan. another way to excel with excel- 40
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 A step towards creating a hassle free business environment for SMEs Engineering Post Report structure including sole propri- etorship , partnership registration Small and Medium Enter- with registrar of firms, limited li- prises Development Author- ability partnership and private ity (SMEDA) has sometime limited company registration with back launched a programme, Security and Exchange Commis- SMEDA One Window (SOW) that sion of Pakistan (SECP). Smaller aims at linking SMEs and start- enterprises which suffer dispro- ups with national and provincial portionately from the burden of regulatory compliance authorities are also for compli- likely to be ance with among the regulations beneficiaries especially at of this the start-up process of stage. administra- The SOW tive simplifi- model is cation of based on de- starting and veloping an running the entrepre- business. As neurial ecosystem by identifying such, this is indeed a Small and regulatory requirements, design- Medium Enterprises Development ing services that fit all types of Authority step towards creating a enterprises, offering subsidies in hassle free business environment the service fee and proving guid- for small and medium enterprises ance on requirements according in the country. to the business ownership struc- SMEs and startup businesses ture. entrepreneurs are gradually avail- It consolidates current federal ing this facility offered by Small and provincial governments pro- and Medium Enterprises Develop- cedures into simplified processes ment Authority which is quite ap- through one window service that preciable and augurs well for the directly benefits enterprises promotion of small and medium falling under key ownership/legal sized enterprises in the country. 41
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 PTA’s quality tests for raising internet service to global standards Engineering Post Report The survey was conducted calls were made and 45000 data survey public, PTA is spurring across the country in a number of tests were conducted . The Qual- competition among the mobile Pakistan Telecommunica- cities, towns and ity of Service (QoS) tests covered network operators for improving tion Authority (PTA) has motorways/highways for assess- the areas including cities, towns their existing infrastructure fa- recently conducted its sec- ing the quality and working of and roads in the d=federal and cilities aiming at increasing mo- ond nationwide Network Per- the mobile networks. provincial capitals namely Islam- bile ]network quality throughout formance Score (NPS ) According to the information abad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar the country. Bringing Pakistan’s Benchmarking Campaign in available from the PTA quarters and Quetta making 4522 kilome- LTE networks at part with the order to assess the quality and concerned, a total of 5 cities, 4 ters in length approximately. internationally adopted stan- performance of mobile network- towns and 4 motorways/ high- Network Per- dards will hope- ing in line with the latest NPS ways were surveyed. In the formance Score fully lay the methodology. process more than 15000 voice (NPS) is a har- foundation for a monized and in- future roll-out of tegrated scoring 5G technology methodology on a sound foot- standardized by ing. the European PTA conducts Telecommunica- nationwide mo- tions Standards Institute charac- bile Quality of Service (QoS) sur- terizing the overall network veys periodically in order to to performance based on automated continue assessing the network- tests with commercial smart- ing performance of all Cellular phones stimulating the typical Mobile Operators with respect to end-user behavior ( voice call, licensed KPIs for voice, data and browsing etc) in a public net- SMS services. work. As such, NPS enables Meanwhile, according to an- telecommunication regulators to other information, five Incuba- compare and assess the quality tion Centres have since been of all mobile networks based on established in the federal and international standard. NPS is provincial capitals i.e. Islam- now part of Cellular Mobile Net- abad, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar work Quality of Service (QoS) and Quetta . Planning at the ap- Regulations 2021 issued by PTA. propriate level is underway to Based on this , PTA is reported open Incubation Centers in Hy- to have gained valuable insights derabad and Faisalabad in 2022 into the performance of each mo- and in Multan and Sialkot in bile network operator through- 2023. out the country. By making this 42
ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Govt vows to include Sukkur Hyderabad Motorway and KCR project to CPEC Prime Minister Mian Moham- project would be delayed. fenced motorway. The scope of work immediate funding include lining of mad Shahbaz Sharif during While discussing the Hyderabad includes one main bridge, 165 sub- Kalri Baghar Feeder Phase-I for im- his visit to Karachi held high – Sukkur Motorway he said that ways, 123 cattle creeps, 30 Km serv- provement of KB Feeder System and end meetings with the administra- this project will be included in CPEC ice roads on either side, 10 service extension of Kinjhar Lake costing tion of Karachi and discussed the projects.: The areas as well as Rs.35.536 billion and Rs.75.564 bil- progress on various ongoing proj- chief minister 12 rest areas. lion respectively. The chief minister ects. told the prime The prime min- requested that the prime minister During the meetings he was in- minister that the ister said that direct NEPRA to approve tariff rates formed about the Karachi Circular H y d e r a b a d - he would in- for K-IV. He also urged the PM to Railway (KCR) project. In 2016 Sukkur Motor- clude the project make all the required funds of K-IV KCR project was included by 6th way project was in CPEC. available so that it could be com- Joint Coordination Committee approved by During the pleted in time. The prime minister (JCC) for its inclusion in CPEC proj- ECNEC in 2022 meeting the vowed to provide all the required ects but now the project has been re- at a cost of Rs.165.7 billion under Chief Minister was informed about funds in time and directed the chair- vised by to be taken up under PPP Public Private Partnership which the problems of Karachiites regard- man WAPDA to start work on war mode. At this the prime minister envisaged construction of 306 km ing electricity and clean drinking footings to provide water and elec- said that under the PPP mode the long, 6 lane wide, access controlled water. Some projects which require tricity to the city. 43
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ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Pak-Chinese tyre manufacturing JV becomes operational The joint venture of China’s Chaoyang Long- march Tyre Co. Ltd. and Pakistan’s Service Industries Ltd has become operational which makes it the first plant in Pakistan with the ability to manufacture all steel radial tyres for trucks and buses. Service Industries Limited has a 51 percent share in this JV. Chaoyang Long- March owns 44 percent and Myco Co owns 5 per- cent. The tyres are being manufactured by the brand name SLM Tyres (Service Long March Tyres Ltd). The new brand has the quality standards that will compete with the best in the world. The tyres are being manufactured at a state of the art facility sit- uated on 50 acres in Nooriabad, Sindh. According to sources the total cost of the project is Rs16.43 bil- lion and by 2026 the plant will be able to produce 2.4 Million tyres annually. The joint venture plans to export at least 85% of its tyre output. 46
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ENGINEERING POST May 2022 Foreign companies to generate electricity from municipal waste of Karachi Aconsortium of five interna- on a daily basis, which is transported tional companies has signed to designated landfill sites. In order an agreement with the admin- to utilise this garbage these compa- istration of Karachi to produce elec- nies will set up separate ‘waste to en- tricity from the municipal waste ergy projects’ with a total capacity of produced from the city. 175 to 200 MW of electricity at Jam As part of the “Green Energy, Chakro landfill site, Karachi by next Clean Karachi” initiative a Letter of year. Intent (LOI) has been signed with Advisor to CM Sindh for Law and five companies for the project Administrator KMC, Barrister Mur- namely M/s Khan renewable Pvt taza Wahab, Dutch ambassador in Ltd, M/s Babcocks and Wilcox re- Pakistan, Consul General of USA in newable, M/s China Machinery En- Karachi, Consul General of UAE in gineering Corporation, M/s Green Karachi, besides representatives of Waste Energy Pvt Ltd and M/s the energy companies and Secretary Engro Energy Pvt Ltd. Imtiaz Shah Local Govt Sindh Najam Ahmed Director Alternate Energy signed Shah, Secretary Energy Sindh Abu the LoI on behalf of Sindh Energy Bakar Madni and other officers of Department. provincial Energy department and Approximately 15,000 tons of Local Government department at- garbage is generated from Karachi tended the LoI signing ceremony. 48
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ENGINEERING POST May 2022 A Look at PITAC’s working Engineering Post Report Centre and Industrial Productivity signed tools and products prototype incentives and initiatives of the fed- and it has its regional offices in Is- which contribute to the advance- eral government enabling them to Pakistan Industrial Technical lamabad, Quetta, Peshawar and ment of Pakistan’s industrial devel- launch mostly their own businesses Assistance Centre (PITAC), Mirpur (Azad Kashmir). opment. at small scales according to avail- located on Ferozepur Road in Objectives of PITAC are to train PITAC has continued to train un- ability of resources instead of con- Lahore just across the canal, is an and upgrade the skills of industrial skilled workers of small and tinuing looking towards organization of the Federal Ministry personnel in technological and man- medium enterprises and cottage in- employment opportunities in the of Industries and Production, pro- agerial fields; to disseminate mod- dustry with the provision of De- public sector. viding engineering solutions to both ern, technical know how among mand Driven Technical Courses PITAC provides technical assis- public and private sector industries industrial personnel through semi- resulting in better income and em- tance in the manufacturing disci- and also imparting training in skill nars, group discussions, demonstra- ployment opportunities. plines of Precision Machining, development to the engineers/stu- tions, publications etc; to extend PITAC is also contributing di- Precision Grinding, Inspection of dents/ professionals and managers advisory services to the industrial rectly towards skills development Gauges and Machine Tools and in the latest engineering methods organizations and institutions., for the SMEs and light engineering CMM Inspection, Plastic Mould De- and CAD/CAM technologies using In conjunction with its training sector in accordance with the provi- sign, Injection Moulding, Press advanced machinery and manage- programmes, the Centre is continu- sions of the National Industrial Pol- Tools Design, Manufacturing , rial courses. ing to introduce through demon- icy 2012. Modeling, Heat Treatment and PITAC was established in 1962 in stration of modern manufacturing PITAC runs periodical training Welding, Prototype for Manufactur- Lahore following merger of the In- techniques and production while at courses from time to time for young ing and Reserve Engineering dustrial Research and Development the same time producing newly de- students and workers under various among others. 50
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