2. Outline
• Electricity Production in Pakistan & its Demand
• Sources of Electricity produced in Pakistan
• Future plans to overcome the shortfall of Electricity
3. Electricity Production & Demand
• It is globally the sixth most populous country with a population
of approximately 200.000 million people and a comparatively
high population growth rate of 1.5%.
• According to the World Energy Outlook (2016) statistics, at least
51 million people in Pakistan or representing 27% of the
population live without access to electricity.
• The demand for electricity in Pakistan has increased
dramatically within the last 5 years.
• Pakistan is facing severe electricity supply shortages, causing
forced power outages over the last decade ranging from 8-12
hours a day in urban areas and up to 18 hours in rural areas.
4. Electricity Production & Demand
• Installed Capacity in
Pakistan is 25,100 MW.
• Production in Pakistan is
11,000-12,000 MW.
• Average demand is 17,000-
18,000 MW.
• Shotrfall-between is 5,000-
6,000 MW
5. • Oil and gas are by far the
dominating sources with a
share of 66%.(37 Oil & 29 Gas)
• Nuclear power accounts for
around 3% of the total
installed capacity in Pakistan.
• Hydropower has a share of
29% whereas other renewable
energies and coal only play a
minor role.
Sources of Electricity produced in Pakistan
6. Sources of Electricity produced in Pakistan
• Pakistan aims at achieving 5-6%
of its total on-grid electricity
supply from renewables
(excluding large hydropower) by
2030.
• Pakistan is blessed with a high
potential of renewable energy
resources, but so far, only large
hydroelectric projects and few
wind and solar projects have
harnessed this potential.
Renewable Energy accounts for
1136 MW presently installed
capacity of solar PV, wind and
biomass based power projects.
Possibilities also exist in
promoting greater use of wind,
solar and biomass project.
7. Future plans to overcome the shortfall of Electricity
Pakistan 2025: One Nation, one Vision, 2013
It sets out 25 goals in accordance to 7 pillars. Among them, Pillar IV: Energy,
Water & Food Security, with the following goals concerning energy:
•Energy: double power generation to over 45,000 MW to provide uninterrupted
and affordable electricity, and increase electricity access from 67% to over 90%
of the population
•Energy: (a) reduce average cost per unit by over 25% by improving generation
mix (15%) and reducing distribution losses (10%); (b) increase percentage of
indigenous sources of power generation to over 50%; and (c) address demand
management by increasing usage of energy efficient appliances/products to
80%.
The elimination of current energy demand-supply gap by 2018 and optimizing
the energy mix of oil, gas, hydro, coal, nuclear, solar, wind and biomass are
some of the key priorities of the policy.
