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Total Power Generation Capacity 19,855. Demand: 14,500 MW.
Electricity produced in Pakistan is from three main sources.
1. Hydal 2. Thermal (Gas/Steam/Furnace Oil) 3. Nuclear There are four major power producers in country: 1. WAPDA (Water & Power Development Authority), 2. KESC (Karachi Electric Supply Company), 3. IPPs (Independent Power Producers) 4. PAEC (Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission). The break-up of the installed capacity of each of these power producers (as of June-2008) is as follows: WAPDA a. WAPDA Hydel Tarbela 3478 MW Mangla 1000 MW Ghazi – Barotha 1450 MW Warsak 243 MW Chashma 184 MW Dargai 20 MW Rasul 22 MW Shadi-Waal 18 MW Nandi pur 14 MW Kurram Garhi 4 MW Renala 1 MW Chitral 1 MW Jagran (AK) 30 MW Total Hydel 6,461 MW WAPDA Thermal Gas Turbine Power Station, Shahdra 59 MW Steam Power Station, Faisalabad 132 MW Gas Turbine Power Station, Faisalabad 244 MW Gas Power Station, Multan 195 MW Thermal Power Station, Muzaffargarh 1350 MW Thermal Power Station, Guddu 1655 MW Gas Turbine Power Station, Kotri 174 MW Thermal Power Station, Jamshoro 850 MW Thermal Power Station, Larkana 150 MW Thermal Power Station, Quetta 35 MW Gas Turbine Power Station, Panjgur 39 MW Thermal Power Station, Pasni 17 MW Total Thermal 4811 MW WAPDA’s Total Hydel + Thermal capacity is = 11,272 MW Karachi Electric Supply Company Thermal Power Station, Korangi 316 MW Gas Turbine Power Station, Korangi 80 MW Gas Turbine Power Station, SITE 100 MW Thermal Power Station, Bin Qasim 1260 MW Total (KESC) 1756 MW Independent Power Producers (IPPs) Hub Power Project 1292 MW AES Lalpir Ltd, Mahmood Kot Muzaffargar 362 MW AES Pak Gen, Mahmood Kot Muzaffargar 365 MW Altern Energy Ltd, Attock 29 MW Fauji Kabirwala Power Company, Khanewal 157 MW Gul Ahmad Energy Ltd, Korangi 136 MW Habibullah Coastal Power Limited 140 MW Japan Power Generation, Lahore 120 MW Kohenoor Energy Limited, Lahore 131 MW Liberty Power Limited, Ghotki 232 MW Rousch Power, Khanewal 412 MW Saba Power Company, Sheikhupura 114 MW Southern Electric Power Company Limited, Raiwind 135 MW Tapal Energy Limited, Karachi 126 MW Uch Power Limited, Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad 586 MW Attock Gen Limited, Morgah Rawalpindi 165 MW Atlas Power, Sheikhupura 225 MW Engro Energy Limited, Karachi —– MW Kot Addu Power Company Limited (Privatized) 1638 MW Total (IPPs) 6365 MW Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission KANUPP 137 MW CHASNUPP-1 325 MW Total (Nuclear) 462 MW Hydel electricity generated by WAPDA varies between two extremities, i.e., between minimum of 2,414 MW and maximum of 6,761 MW depending upon the river flow. Total Power Generation Capacity of Pakistan (including all sources) is 19,855 MW and the electricity demand is 14,500 MW and PEPCO is merely generating 10,000 MW. So it is obvious that 15-20 hrs power shutdowns in most parts of the country are not because of the lack of generation capacity but due to the incompetency of the present government. The Power generation companies are not buying furnace oil from PSO by saying they don’t have money to do that but Pakistanis are all paying for electricity that is generated from furnace oil. This is the reason that top refineries like PRL are operating at 40% of their capacities. |
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Pakistan's total demand is above 22,000 MW. That is why load is shed.
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Hydal energy does not operate at its full throughout the year and same can be said about gas energy.But even if both these sources does not operate at their full at different times of the year even then we should not have much problem for the fulfillment of our energy needs.
Another factor can be line losses.although i dont know the exact figure of line losses but whatever it may be i dont think line losses would be of much significance. Yet another problem may be that things may be different practically then how it appears on paper.actual capacity to produce electricity may be different than the written one. lastly the fuel problem is one of the most significant factor because it has been seen in the past that whenever fuel payments are made to IPPs etc,it has lead to the immediate betterment of the electricity problem.
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