Engineering Post report
During the outgoing financial year 2023-24, an incremental capacity of 1728 MW is planned to be added to the generation mix, making the cumulative figure of 43318 MW This included addition of 1068 MW from renewable energy, incorporating hydel source also, by June 2024, when the overall Generation mix will comprise of 34.11 percent power generation from renewable resources ,including from hydel source, and 65.98 percent from from nuclear energy,.non-renewables ,including nuclear energy.
During the ongoing financial year, 682 MW are being added to the national grid through Solar energy..
Followed by 660 MW through Coal (imported), 254 MW energy is to be added through hydel source, 100 MW through wind, and 32MW through Bagasse.
It is pertinent to mention here that no additional energy being added to the national grid through other sources including Coal (Local),Gas, Regasified- Liquefied Natural Gas(RLNG),Oil and Nuclear.
If all goes well, as planned and being worked then by end of June 2024, the national grid of Pakistan on the whole will be 43318 MW comprising Hydel soure 11114 MW, RLNG 8544 MW, Oil 4906 MW, Nuclear 3635 MW , Gas 3536 MW, Coal (Local) 3300 MW, Wind 1935 MW, Solar 1332 MW, and Begasse sources 396 MW.
