Energy is essential for the maintenance and development of human life as well as for economic activities. Most of developing countries and emerging powers plan well in advance to ensure not only sufficient energy for the present but also for the future requirements.
Today, Pakistan is facing a looming energy crisis with shortfall that varies from 5000-7000MW. Due to that shortfall, long loadshadings at one hand have adversely affected individual and social life. While on the other hand it has resulted into shut down of a number of industrial units. It had not only affected the attitude of the people and forced them to come on the roads as protest but also plays a destructive role by shattering the confidence of the investors and the industrialists.
Pakistan’s power generation is based on fossil fuels (64.12%), hydro-electric power (33.30%), nuclear plant power (2.5%), and renewable sources (0.41%). In the present situation Pakistan needs 6500MW energy to curb current problems.
These are some recommendations to increase the capacity of power generation up to required.
The developments of the hydro-electric plants and large water reservoirs such as Kalabagh dam (3600MW) should be begin immediately. Pakistan, at present, produces approximately 0.2% of its total energy through coal. Compare to this global average of 40% electricity production through coal. Pakistan should utilise this source to produce electricity at cheap rate.
Domestic applications of solar power should be publicised and encouraged. Utilising financial resources effectively to make sure independent power producers (IPPs) and power plants based on oil operate to their maximum capacity. Immediate steps should be taken to reduce transmission losses and power theft. It is best time to take concrete steps to combat the current energy crisis.
ZUHAIB ODHO
Karachi
yes u alright i wanna full sketch of solution which shall be applied to overcome this curse . . .. regardz ishtiaq shad student of commerce
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