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Electric Car Revolution has started around the world

Haroon — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 10:03:59 +0000

Has the Electric car revolution finally started? On 18 April 2016, Netherlands moved a resolution in its parliament to ban the sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2025. While this motion did not show instant results in the country itself, but this step became a catalyst for electric car revolution elsewhere. On 4th of June 2016, it was announced by Norway that petrol and diesel cars ban comes will come into effect by 2025. Despite its extremely cold weather, which is not conducive for electric car batteries; Norwegians are very conscientious about their ecological footprint. And therefore almost 25%

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Revamping Electrical Infrastructure for Renewable

Haroon — Thu, 25 May 2017 14:58:42 +0000

Planning on the infrastructure is crucial to determine the viability of projects particularly in power sector. Poor planning became apparent most recently when a coal fired power plant located in Sahiwal, Pakistan faced logistic problems. Sahiwal is land locked and almost 800 miles from the nearest sea port. The coal extracted in the region around the plant was deemed inappropriate for use because of its low quality. It became evident in the early stages that coal will have to be imported. The name plate capacity of the power plant is around 1.3 GW. With a thread bare railway infrastructure which is already packed

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Migrating Oil & Gas skills to Renewables

Haroon — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:23:49 +0000

With reduced Oil and Gas prices, the industry has shrunk in recent years. It has become unfeasible to extract oil from many oil fields. Renewable sector has meanwhile grown strength to strength. Oil is a perishable commodity and even within the oil industry, there are two schools of thought. One deems that there are two trillion barrels of oil left while the other more conservative group suggests only one trillion barrels of oil left. Therefore no one is suggesting that with our current consumption levels, Oil would remain beyond 2050. In light of this preparation has to be made for

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Can Green Web Search Engines really make a difference?

Haroon — Sun, 12 Feb 2017 00:01:08 +0000

Did you know that webservers consume an incredibly high amount of energy? In fact, it has been reported that for every search performed by a user, on average 8 grams of CO2 is released. Such is the amount of heat generated by servers and computing stations, that server rooms can provide space heating for the whole office building that houses them, provided the heat is not wasted. We are creatures of habits. Before the apps came along, it was customary for many users to log on to “Google” as the first port of call when starting a browsing session. In

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Environmentally Friendly Practices for Work Place

Haroon — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 23:57:28 +0000

When it comes to sustainable practices, people are more likely to observe them in their individual capacity. Although there are a number of commercial concerns that are incorporating green measures at their premises, however they are far and few between. A lot of companies have adopted recycling practices, and its more to face-lift their corporate image than anything else. Nonetheless, whatever the effort, it should be lauded as it goes towards helping the planet. Green Office Practices Sustainability and green measures should be taught at schools. They should be instilled at home and actively practiced in our workplaces. It is

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Time for US, China and Russia to setup on Climate Change

Haroon — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:16:49 +0000

The effects of climate change are already upon us. It is no surprise that every month in the year 2016 has been the hottest on record. The world had foreseen the impending disaster and responded to the challenge a decade ago through Kyoto Protocol. The implementation of the protocols has been taken by seriously by many countries while others have met it with a degree of scepticism. The European Union as a whole has made leaps and bound progress. The affinity to nature and the attitude of sustainability has fermented in the European psyche’ after the two world wars. The cataclysmic events has fostered a strong culture of

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4 Reasons why Solar Energy is the best option for developing Countries

Haroon — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 10:58:48 +0000

We are living in times when monetary disparity around the world is rampant. On one hand we have people in the fierce grip of consumerism. On the other hand we have people with barely enough to live day by day. The viscous circle of poverty takes opportunities away from the less privileged and actively tries to chain them to their existing status. We have a world of hyper connectivity and high-speed broadband connections, and smart phones more capable than computers of past decade. In stark contrast to this is the glaring reality of nearly half of the world’s population — more

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UK Policies that have hurt Renewables and Emission targets

Haroon — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 15:30:44 +0000

The UK is one of the top economies of the world and as of 2016 stands fifth in the list of the countries with the highest GBP . When it comes to renewable energy capacity though, the UK stands at 8th position. This level is seemingly modest and some people would argue that it is healthy. However, when one looks at the countries that have far greater share of renewables in their energy mix, with far little resources, than the current position becomes questionable. It is not just the monetary resources that UK has in abundance but also the Renewable resources. It has been ascertained by

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Ecological Footprint better gauge than Carbon Footprint

Haroon — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:07:59 +0000

Carbon foot printing has become synonymous with Global warming. Measuring and understanding carbon emissions is relatively easy. The theory is simple the more carbon di oxide goes in the atmosphere, the more acceleration in the rise of global temperature. Over the last three decades, this trend has prevailed and still continues. For gases released as a result of human activity other than carbon di oxide, a value called “ global warming potential” (GWP) is worked out. The global warming potential for CO2 is set at “1”or unit value. Every other gas is measured against carbon di oxide and it global

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How to earn big becoming a carbon consultant

Haroon — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 15:56:31 +0000

Carbon accounting and carbon foot printing has become big business over the past decade. The implementation of Kyoto protocol in 2005 prompted most countries to reduce their emissions. Carbon reduction targets were assigned to countries and more stringent targets imposed for the developed world. Most OECD countries rolled out policies and laws for reducing emissions. Businesses and even public services were asked to participate in meeting national targets. This was in addition to carbon reductions policies developed for the domestic sector. Grant/rebate was given to ordinary members of public who wanted to purchase renewable energy device such as a wind turbine. Utility companies were encouraged to look

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