Engineers complete training in reducing system losses
USAID and NTDCL officials hand out certificates of participation.
LAHORE:
National Transmission and Dispatch Company Limited (NTDCL) Managing Director Rasul Khan Mahsud, and United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Energy Office Director Melissa Knight awarded certificates to 20 engineers from power transmission companies for their successful completion of a power system analysis software training programme.
A spokesman for the NTDC said that the training was organised by the USAID Energy Policy Project, which is part of the US government’s commitment to support the government of Pakistan in mitigating the energy crisis.
The project aims to help increase power generation and improving energy efficiency, transmission, fuel supply infrastructure and policy reforms in the country.
Knight congratulated the participants and reiterated the support of the US government for the energy sector. The $44,000 training programme is a part of a larger capacity building programme, she added.
Mahsud, in his remarks, lauded the role of the US in addressing the training needs of power sector engineers and called it an “exemplary initiative”. The programme will help engineers and analyze and propose solutions to bottlenecks in the power distribution system, he said.
Mahsud thanked USAID on behalf of the ministry of water and power and NTDCL for imparting useful training to engineers employed in the power sector. He expressed his hope that it would help in the planning, developing and distribution of transmission lines and transformers.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 29th, 2012.
National Transmission and Dispatch Company Limited (NTDCL) Managing Director Rasul Khan Mahsud, and United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Energy Office Director Melissa Knight awarded certificates to 20 engineers from power transmission companies for their successful completion of a power system analysis software training programme.
A spokesman for the NTDC said that the training was organised by the USAID Energy Policy Project, which is part of the US government’s commitment to support the government of Pakistan in mitigating the energy crisis.
The project aims to help increase power generation and improving energy efficiency, transmission, fuel supply infrastructure and policy reforms in the country.
Knight congratulated the participants and reiterated the support of the US government for the energy sector. The $44,000 training programme is a part of a larger capacity building programme, she added.
Mahsud, in his remarks, lauded the role of the US in addressing the training needs of power sector engineers and called it an “exemplary initiative”. The programme will help engineers and analyze and propose solutions to bottlenecks in the power distribution system, he said.
Mahsud thanked USAID on behalf of the ministry of water and power and NTDCL for imparting useful training to engineers employed in the power sector. He expressed his hope that it would help in the planning, developing and distribution of transmission lines and transformers.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 29th, 2012.