Nation faces an escalating electricity deficit of 5,688 MW. Electricity demand is 25,000 MW, with generation at 19,312 MW. Rural regions face eight hours of load shedding. Despite a reduction in heat intensity, the nation is experiencing an escalating electricity deficit, now at 5,688 megawatts (MW). Presently, the country’s electricity demand stands at 25,000 MW, … Read more
KARACHI: The Pakistan Industrial and Traders Associations Front (PIAF) chairman Mian Nauman Kabir has urged the government to include hydropower projects in the scope of renewable energy, as the country cannot afford costly and anti-environment fossil fuels. PIAF senior vice chairman Nasir Hameed and vice chairman Javed Siddiqi in a joint statement, demanded the government … Read more
Senior Industrial Executive Member Lahore Chambers of Commerce and Industries, Nasrullah Mughal has said that this production of cheap electricity from hydropower is 3.8 billion units more than the average production of the last 10 years. The average production cost of Rs 2.82 per unit. He said that the power supply from WAPDA hydropower plants … Read more
State-of-the-art 969 MW-Neelum Jhelum Hydropower Project achieved yet another milestone, as its contribution to the National Grid crossed 8 billion mark. The project, satisfactorily meeting the design capacity energy production, achieved this land mark despite the fact that the shelling by India from across the Line of Control during July and October 2019 interrupted the … Read more
What can be termed a good omen for agriculture and hydropower generation in Pakistan, the cumulative quantum of water available at present in Mangla, Tarbela and Chashma reservoirs is far better than that of the previous years. According to the statistics, as much as 7.018 million acre feet (MAF) of water is available in the … Read more
