Electricity Generated in Pakistan (During April 2019)

Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA) has issued energy procurement report for the month of April 2019 on 18th May 2019. On the basis of this report National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) reviews and revise the electricity tariff  on account of any variation in fuel charges on monthly basis.  This report enlists the energy generated, fuel charges, and variable operation and maintenance costs of operating power plants in Pakistan (except K-Electric System). From this data, total energy charges for each power generating station is computed.

Total electricity generated from all the sources during April 2019 is 9,717 Giga-Watt hour (GWh), up from 7,621 GWh that was produced during March 2019. Analysis of energy procurement report for the month of March 2019 and that of April 2019 reveals that share of electricity generated from Re-Gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) plants increased from 23% in March 2019 to 31% in April 2019. Overall generation from RLNG plants remained 2,996 GWh in April 2019 and 1,784 GWh in March 2019.

Power generation from hydro power plants remained 2,229 GWh (23%) during April 2019 which is relatively low because of low-flow season (winter, dry season). Generation from hydro power sources in Pakistan during summer or high-flow season normally range from 3,500 GWh to 4,500 GWh.

Another thing worth mentioning is that only 481 GWh (4.95%) electricity is generated from expensive furnace oil during April 2019. Share of oil generated electricity during March 2019 was only 0.53% (40.29 GWh). Share of electricity generated from Coal fired power plants also decreases from 14.02% in March 2019 to 10.34% in April 2019. Electricity generated from nuclear power plants also decreases from 877.65 GWh (11.52%) in March 2019 to 745.20 GWh (7.67%) in April 2019.

This increase in generation from expensive furnace oil and less generation from nuclear and coal power plants in April 2019 resulted in overall increase in per unit energy cost, which is around Rs. 5.52/kWh for April 2019 as compared with Rs. 4.99/kWh in March 2019.

Share of other sources in electricity generation mix for April 2019 is shown in the following video.

For comparison, the share of different sources in electricity generation for the month of March 2019 is available in the following video.

Electricity Generated in Pakistan (During March 2019)

Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA) has issued energy procurement report for the month of March 2019 on 16th April 2019. On the basis of this report National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) reviews and revise the electricity tariff  on account of any variation in fuel charges on monthly basis.  This report enlists the energy generated, fuel charges, and variable operation and maintenance costs of operating power plants in Pakistan (except K-Electric System). From this data, total energy charges for each power generating station is computed.

Total electricity generated from all the sources during March 2019 is 7,621 Giga-Watt hour (GWh), up from 6,687 GWh that was produced during February 2019. Analysis of energy procurement report for the month of February 2019 and that of March 2019 reveals that share of electricity generated from Re-Gasified Liquefied Natural Gas (RLNG) plants increased from 17% in February 2019 to 23% in March 2019. Overall generation from RLNG plants remained 1,784 GWh in March 2019 and 1,129 GWh in February 2019.

Power generation from hydro power plants remained 1,601 GWh (21%) which is relatively low because of low-flow season (winter, dry season). Generation from hydro power sources in Pakistan during summer or high-flow season normally range from 3,500 GWh to 4,500 GWh.

Another thing worth mentioning is that only 40 GWh (0.53%) electricity is generated from expensive furnace oil during March 2019. Share of oil generated electricity during February 2019 was 1.68% (122 GWh). Share of electricity generated from Coal fired plants slightly decreases from 17.46% in February 2019 to 14.02% in March 2019.

There is no significant change in per unit energy cost, which is around Rs. 4.999/kWh for March 2019 as compared with Rs. 4.88/kWh in February 2019.

Share of other sources in electricity generation mix for March 2019 is shown in the following video.

For comparison, the share of different sources in electricity generation for the month of February 2019 is available in the following video.

Electricity Generated in Pakistan (during February 2019)

Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA) has issued energy procurement report for the month of February 2019. This report enlists the energy generated, fuel charges, and variable operation and maintenance costs of operating power plants in Pakistan (except K-Electric System). From this data, total energy charges for each power generating station is computed.

Total electricity generated from all the sources during February 2019 is 6,687 Giga-Watt hour (GWh), down from 7,764 GWh that was produced during January 2019. Analysis of energy procurement report for the month of January 2019 and that of February 2019 reveals that share of electricity generated from hydro power plants significantly increased from 6% in January 2019 to 23% in February 2019. Overall generation from hydro power plants remained 1,523 GWh in February 2019 and only 478 GWh in January 2019, which is significantly low because of low-flow season (winter, dry season). Generation from hydro power sources in Pakistan during summer or high-flow season normally range from 3,500 GWh to 4,500 GWh.

Another thing worth mentioning is that only 112 GWh (1.68%) electricity is generated from expensive furnace oil during February 2019. Share of oil generated electricity during January 2019 was 22% (1,722 GWh). Share of electricity generated from Coal fired plants slightly decreases from 18.70% in January 2019 to 17.46% in February 2019. This decrease in electricity generated from expensive oil, and increased generation from cheap hydro power plants decreases the per unit energy cost, which is around Rs. 4.88/kWh for February 2019 as compared with Rs. 7.31/kWh in January 2019.

Share of other sources in electricity generation mix for February 2019 is shown in the following video.

For comparison, the share of different sources in electricity generation for the month of January 2019 is available in the following video.

How to Reduce Our Fossil Fuel Use

Three major fossil fuels – oil, natural gas, and coal – collectively accounted for around 80% of global primary energy supply during the year 2017. Oil supplied 32%, natural gas 22%, and coal accounted for 27% of the world’s primary energy supply in 2017. The utilization of fossil fuels has enabled large-scale industrial development but burning these fuels is the largest source of emissions of carbon dioxide, which is one of the greenhouse gases and contributes to global warming.

An article written by McKinsey & Company and published on World Economic Forum website, on 17th of January 2019, lists eight methods that will result in significant impact on annual oil, gas, coal, and power demand.

  1. Faster uptake of electric vehicles.

  2. Efficiency gains and faster uptake of low emission fuels for aviation and marine.

  3. Accelerated electrification of residential heat.

  4. More rapid electrification of cooking in non-OECD countries.

  5. Increased demand reduction and recycling of plastics.

  6. More efficiency gains, recycling, and low-emission feedstock in iron and steel.

  7. More electrification of EU industry low- and medium temperature heat.

  8. Accelerated cost reductions for renewables and storage.

Though any one of these eight shifts could have a substantial impact on the energy sector as a whole. Analysis revealed that if these eight shifts get fully materialized, then fossil fuels would account for 58% of total primary energy demand in 2050.

Electricity Generated in Pakistan (during January 2019)

Central Power Purchasing Agency Guarantee Limited (CPPA) has issued energy procurement report for the month of January 2019 on 13th of February, 2019. This report enlists the energy generated, fuel charges, and variable operation and maintenance costs of operating power plants in Pakistan (except K-Electric System). From this data, total energy charges for each power generating station is computed.

Total electricity generated from all the sources during January 2019 is 7,764 Giga-Watt hour (GWh), slightly up from 7,719 GWh that was produced during December 2018. Analysis of energy procurement report for the month of December 2018 and that of January 2019 reveals that share of electricity generated from hydro power plants significantly decreased from 17% in December 2018 to only 6% in January 2019. Overall generation from hydro power plants only remained 478 GWh in January 2019 and 1,334 GWh in December 2018, which is significantly low because of low-flow season (winter, dry season). Generation from hydro power sources in Pakistan during summer or high-flow season normally range from 3,500 GWh to 4,500 GWh.

Due to low water inflow, as many as fifteen power production units of Tarbela Hydro power plant remain shut during January 2019 that caused an immediate outage of approximately 4,000 MW (Mega-Watt) of electrical power generating capacity from the national grid. Tarbela Dam spokesperson said, “The units stand shut and following the development, water discharge from the dam is likely to curtail further.” The spokesperson added that only two units of the dam were generating some 141MW of power. “The water inflow in the dam is 14,600 cusecs while the outflow is 5,000 cusecs. The water level in the dam is 1,423.65 feet while the dead level is 1,388 feet.”

Bad weather and smog also played their parts and caused shutdown of Balloki, Guddu, Nishat and Nishat Chuniyan power plants during January 2019.

Another thing worth mentioning is that 1,722 GWh (22%) electricity is generated from expensive furnace oil during January 2019. Share of oil generated electricity during December 2018 was 12% (931 GWh). Electricity generated from Coal fired plants slightly decreases from 1,563 GWh (20%) in December 2018 to 1,451 GWh (19%) in January 2019. This increase in electricity generated from expensive oil, and low generation from cheap hydro power plants increases the per unit energy cost, which is around Rs. 7.31/kWh for January 2019 as compared with Rs. 5.80/kWh in December 2018.

Share of other sources in electricity generation mix for January 2019 is shown in the following video.

For comparison, the share of different sources in electricity generation for the month of December 2018 is available in the following video.

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