LAHORE: A net deletion of 276 MW took place from the installed electric power generation capacity of the country during FY 2019-20. The total installed generation capacity of Pakistan as on 30th June 2020 was 38,719 MW, against 38,995 MW on 30th June 2019, showing a net decrease of 276 MW.
According to a power sector regulatory body report, 640 MW TPS Guddu (Unit 1-4) was deleted during the fiscal year while 28 MW TPS Quetta was added in the Generation Licence of GENCO-II on 10th July 2019. Further, 144 MW GTPS Kotri was deleted from the Generation Licence of GENCO-I on 13th February 2020.
During the same period, 330 MW of Engro PowerGen, Thar (Pvt) Limited and 100 MW Gulpur Hydropower Project in AJK have been added in the NTDC system while 50 MW Gharo Solar Power Plant has been added in KE system. Eventually, a net deletion of 276 MW was carried out from the system up to 30th June 2020.
The electric power generation sector of Pakistan comprises of the power plants set up in the public as well as private sectors. The power generation plants of Pakistan comprise of hydro power plants, thermal power plants, Nuclear power plants, renewable energy including wind, solar and bagasse/biomass power plants. Besides local generation, Pakistan also imports electric power from Iran.
The total installed capacity of public sector power plants in the country as on 30th June 2020 was 19,621 MW while the installed capacity of private sector power plants, including KE, was 19,098 MW. Out of 38,719 MW, 24,817 MW is thermal (GENCOs, IPPs and KE), 9,861MW hydroelectric, 1,248 MW wind, 530 MW solar, 369MW bagasse, 1,467 MW nuclear and 427 MW Captive Power Plants.
The installed capacity of power plants connected with NTDC system was 35,735 MW including 19,484 MW public sector power plants and 16,251 MW private IPPs and other power plants.
The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) statistics showed that during FY 2019-20, the total electricity generation in the country including the power plants connected with NTDC and KE systems was 134,745.70 GWh compared to 136,532 GWh electric power generation of FY 2018-19.
The total electricity generation from power plants connected with NTDC system remained 121,643.99 GWh which included 38,987.96 GWh hydel, 68,799.22 GWh thermal (including generation by CPPs), 9,704.89 GWh nuclear, 2,882.48 GWh wind, 704.97 GWh solar and 564.46 GWh bagasse/biomass. Besides local generation, 513.74 GWh has also been imported from Iran.
During the year under consideration, the public sector power plants generated 73,550.82 GWh electricity while private sector power plants generated 61,194.03 GWh.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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