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RENEWABLES resources and welcomes investment by department.
Chinese companies in this field. He expressed The cause of the fire is still under
CTG keen to invest in solar, that CTG would continue to benefit from investigation but the police said a room that
Pakistan’s investment friendly policies and
houses transformers inside the substation
wind energy sectors in further expand its footprints in Pakistan in facility was destroyed.
The facility plays a critical role in sending
future as well.
Pakistan electricity to trains operating in Tokyo and
its nearby areas via other substations. JR East
China Three Gorges Group (CTG) called on halted services, including on the Yamanote,
Pakistani ambassador to China on Friday and POWER CUTS Keihin-Tohoku and Joban lines.
showed keen interest in investing in Pakistan’s Most of the affected lines including the
wind power and solar energy sectors. Power cuts disrupts Tokyo Yamanote resumed operation but part of the
According to Gwadar Pro, during the Shonan-Shinjuku Line that links Gunma
meeting, CTG delegation led by Vice- railway services and Tochigi prefectures, north of Tokyo, and
Presidents Wang Shaofeng and Qin Guobin Kanagawa Prefecture, south of the capital, was
informed the Ambassador about current A fire at a major substation near Tokyo run out of service for the rest of the day.
status of its ongoing power projects in by East Japan Railway Co. caused a power At Akabane Station in Tokyo’s Kita Ward,
Pakistan. outage on October 10, forcing the operator more than 100 people waited in lines to get
They informed that work on 720 MW to temporarily suspend train services on a a taxi or ride a bus as all train services were
Karot Hydropower project was almost number of lines in the Tokyo metropolitan temporarily suspended.
complete and it would be commissioned early area and affecting around 236,000 people, the
next year. They are satisfied with the steady company said.
pace of hydropower projects. The local fire department in Warabi,
CTG delegation expressed keen interest in Saitama Prefecture, received a call around DEFORESTATION
investing in Pakistan’s solar and wind energy 12:55 p.m. reporting a fire at the substation
sectors. Appreciating CTG’s contribution to facility in the city, Kyodo News reported. Deforestation on oil palm
Pakistan’s energy sector development, the The fire was brought under control three
Ambassador highlighted that Pakistan is and a half hours later and no one was injured, concessions continued to
focusing on developing its renewable energy according to the local police and the fire

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