The National Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) revealed that the overall generation of power in Pakistan had increased by seven percent in October this year.
According to NEPRA’s data, the power generation had increased from 9,572 GWh (12,866 MW) to 10,243 GWh (13,767 MW) in October.
The authority added that the growth may be attributed to the improvement in hydel and RLNG-based generation of electricity that increased production capacity by 30 and 17 percent respectively on a yearly basis.
According to a report by Arif Habib Limited, the cost of fuel for power generation had also fallen significantly.
“During October, the fuel cost for power generation went down by 18 percent to Rs4.12/KWh mainly due to higher generation on hydel along with a decline in RLNG-based fuel cost, which was down 34 percent,” it said.
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Concurrently, the generation of coal-based and nuclear-based power dropped by 19 percent each, while the generation of gas-based electricity declined by two percent.
Hydel power contributed the most to the generation of energy with 31 percent in October, followed by a 28 percent contribution by RLNG, 19 percent by coal, 11 percent by gas, 7 percent by nuclear, and 2 percent by furnace oil.
The report also revealed that the overall generation of power decreased by 0.6 percent to 108,088 GWh (14,815MW) between January and October 2020 as compared to 109,026 GWh (14,943MW) in the corresponding period last year.
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During October, hydel resources contributed 33 percent, coal contributed 21 percent, RLNG contributed 20 percent, gas contributed 12 percent, nuclear contributed 7 percent, and furnace oil added 4 percent to the overall generation of electricity.
Similarly, the cost of fuel for the generation of power was depreciated by 17 percent to an average of Rs. 4.41/KWh mainly due to the rise in hydel, coal, and nuclear-based production of power.
