Presently, more than 50pc of the total energy mix including hydel power, fossil fuel, nuclear and renewable, is based on natural gas. Pakistan ‘s constrained demand for natural gas is 6,000 MMFCD against a supply of 4,000 MMFCD and the unconstrained demand for natural gas is estimated to be 8,000 MMFCD. Apart from import of LNG for energising the closed power units the government also strived to surmount the energy crisis through other sources by setting up new power generation units. Under CPEC, power producing projects with an accumulated power generation capacity of 10,640 MW will be completed by 2017-18. The hallmark of the government’s strategy in regards to power generation is and has been more emphasis on renewable energy resources and increasing their contribution in the energy production mix.

Source: Pakistan Today December 06, 2017 03:33 UTC