At Independence, Pakistan's installed electric capacity was below local requirements. Some electricity was imported from India, but from the outset efforts were made to develop local sources of electricity. It was only after the development of the Rasul Hydel Plant in 1952 that it was possible to stop importing power from India.
There has been a rapid increase in the amount of electricity generated in Pakistan. The increase is phenomenal, it amounts to less than 50 percent of the electrical capacity of a large city in the development world. The per capita consumption of electricity in Pakistan is about 2 percent that of the United States and Switzerland.
Pakistani power plants do not run to full capacity, with sometimes as little as 50 percent being utilized. Because the supply of electricity cannot meet the enormous demand, load shading takes place during the winter when the water level in the rivers is low. The financial losses because of load shading are enormous.
The provinces are linked by a national grid. Power is distributed through this grid to the different parts of the country. This system has its advantages, a significance amount of electricity is lost in the transmission. Unfortunately, the grid was laid out an enormous cost to the government and is equally expensive to maintain. There are three main sources of electrical energy in Pakistan.
Hydel 29 percent, Thermal 70 percent, Nuclear Electricity 1 percent.
There has been a rapid increase in the amount of electricity generated in Pakistan. The increase is phenomenal, it amounts to less than 50 percent of the electrical capacity of a large city in the development world. The per capita consumption of electricity in Pakistan is about 2 percent that of the United States and Switzerland.
Pakistani power plants do not run to full capacity, with sometimes as little as 50 percent being utilized. Because the supply of electricity cannot meet the enormous demand, load shading takes place during the winter when the water level in the rivers is low. The financial losses because of load shading are enormous.
The provinces are linked by a national grid. Power is distributed through this grid to the different parts of the country. This system has its advantages, a significance amount of electricity is lost in the transmission. Unfortunately, the grid was laid out an enormous cost to the government and is equally expensive to maintain. There are three main sources of electrical energy in Pakistan.
Hydel 29 percent, Thermal 70 percent, Nuclear Electricity 1 percent.
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