electricity condition in pakistan

8/14/2019 Electricity Condition in Pakistan

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Electricity Situation in Pakistan

I t s f o u r i n n i gh t , d a y T u e sd a y m o n t h A u g u st w i th h i g h r i s i ng f i gu r e o f

te mp er at ur e w it h h um id a ir. D ar kn es s p re va il a ll r ou nd , s il en ce

env i r onment a r e been s u f f oca t ed wi t h number o f power gene r a t o rs d r eadf u l

echo i ng no i s e f r om ne i ghbor s co r r i do rs . Th i s i s a ve r y nor mal and h i s t o r i c

s ce n e w hi ch h a s b e en r ep e at ed f ro m m an y y ea r s n e ar l y i n a ll c it ie s o f

P ak is ta n n ot w it ho ut a ny e xc ep ti on o f m aj or c it ie s. E le ct ri ci ty l oa d

shedding and f luc tua t ion day to day ask sacr i f i c ing of e lec t r i c appl iance for

i t s r i t u a l t r a d i t i o n s . T h i s s i t u a t i o n h a s b e c o m e a v e r y i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f

f l ex ib le l i f e s ty le .

E l e ct r ic i t y i n P a ki s ta n i s g e n er a t ed , t r an s mi t te d , d i st r ib u t ed a n d r e ta i l

s u p pl i ed b y t w o v e rt i c al l y i n te g r at e d p u b li c s e c to r u t il i ti e s; Wa t er a n d

P ow e r D e ve lo p me n t A u th o ri ty ( WA PD A ) [ 1] - F or t he w ho le P a ki st an

( E xc e p t K a r ac h i ) a n d t h e K a ra c h i E l ec t r ic S u pp l y C o rp o r at i on ( K ES C ) -

F o r t h e C i ty o f K a r a c h i a n d i t s s u r ro u n d in g A r e a s. T h e re a r e a r o u n d 1 6

i n d ep e n d en t p o w er p r od u c er s t h a t c o n tr i bu t e s i gn i fi c a nt l y i n e l ec t r ic i t y

genera t ion in Paki s tan .

For year s , the mat ter of ba lancing Paki s tan ' s supply agains t the demand for

e l ec tr ic it y h a s r em ai n ed a l ar ge l y u n re so lv e d m at te r. P ak is ta n f ac e s a

s i gn i f i can t cha l l enge i n r evampi ng i t s ne t wor k r e s pons i b l e f o r t he s upp l y

of e lec t r i c i ty.

One mi gh t be ab l e t o cons i de r f r om one f ace t o f t h i s c r i s i s bene f i c i a l f o r

e m e r g e n c y p o w e r p r o v i d e r s c o m p a n i e s . T h e r e v e n u e a n d s a l e m a r k e t f o r

s uc h c omp an ie s r el ate d p ro du ct s t ha t i s P ow er G en er at or s, UP S

(un in te rru pted Pow er Sup pl y) a re on d eman d a nd in ve nt in g ne w

e m p lo y me n t o p p or t un i t ie s a n d g r ow t h i n e l e ct r ic i t y a p p li a n ce s m a rk e t .


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A lo ng w ith th at , i t n ot o nl y i nt r od uc es n ew t yp e o f p ol lu ti on a nd

d i s t u rbance i n env i r onment bu t a vo i d p r os pec t ive o f t r u t h and f akenes s o f

o r i g i na li t y o f cu r r en t economi ca l cond i t i ons . Year by y ea r, gover nment by

g o v er n me n t e l e ct i on s a n d s e le c t in g p r o pe r l e a de r s, n o n e h a v e m a d e a 0 . 1

percentage chang e to presented condi t ions .

Elect r i c i ty - consumpt ion: 74 .62 TWh (2004)

Elect r i c i ty - expor t s : 0%

Elect r i c i ty - impor t s : 0%

Elect r i c i ty Consumpt ion per Capi ta = 430.183 kWh/capi ta (2006) [1]

U n d er s ta n d in g t h e a b o ve p r o vi d e d f i g u r es m i gh t s u gg e s t t h e i d e a, c a n t

expor t as we a l ready in a envi ronment of suf focat ing power supply , and not

g e t t i n g a n y i m p o r t a s w e d o e s n t h a v e p r o p e r c r e d i b i l i t y ( a s g o v e r n m e n t

repor t s descr ibes ) .

New t echno l og i es and r e s ea r ches a r e been p r ogr es s ed i n deve l op i ng a new

p a th w a ys f o r e n e rg y c o n su m p ti o n a n d g e n er a t io n . F i rs t s t ep w o u ld b e

g e t ti n g p r e se n t n a t ur a l r e so u r ce i n p r o pe r u s e . A s s o l ar p o w e r d o e s n o t

m a k e s e n s e f o r a l l l o c a t i o n s i n t h e w o r l d , b u t i t c a n b r i n g a v e r y b i g

prof i t able change in energy genera t ion p rocess in Paki s tan .

T h o u g h i t s a f r e e r e c o u r s e t o c o n s u m e b u t t h e i n i t i a l c o s t o f i n s t a l l i n g

s o l a r pane l s o r o t he r s our ces o f s o l a r ene r gy i s h i gh , and t ha t i s no t eas y

for mos t people to ge t a round. No mat ter how much some people would l ike

to g et in vo lv ed in t he m ov eme nt to i nd ep en de nt e ne rg y, i t i s c os t

p r oh i b i ti ve . To ach i eve t he h i ghes t l eve l o f e f f ic i ency, wh i ch i s t he en t i r e

po i n t o f go i ng s o l a r i n t he f i r s t p l ace , y ou need t he p r ope r amoun t o f r oo f space to suppor t the panel s your house may requi re . [2] Not only how much

s p a ce i s a v a i l ab l e, b u t a l s o t h e l o ca t i on o f y o u r h o me i s a l s o r e le v a nt t o

whe t he r o r no t y ou can ma i n t a i n s o l a r ene r gy . S ome hous es s i mpl y do no t

rece ive enough sun l ight to produce subs tant i a l energy . This could mean tha t

e i t he r y our hous e i s no t pos i t i oned f avor ab l y i n r e l a t i on t o a t r ee o r o t he r


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house . Thi s prac t i ce can be ef fec t ive for house appl iances r equi rements but

for bus iness corpora t ions ; a more feas ib le so lu t ion should be put forwarded

ins tead of garbl ing be tween producing t i l l r equi red e lec t r i c i ty wi th opening

n e w d im en si o ns a nd s ta n di n g o n s o li d g ro u nd o f Te ch n ol og y a n d H ig h

powered Era.

References

[1] Private Sector Investment in the Energy Sectorhttp://www.adb.org/Documents/Speeches/2002/ms2002016.asp

Date accessed 11-08-2009.

[2] Pakistan Solar Power

http://www.paksolarpower.net/

Date accessed 11-08-2009.


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