ISLAMABAD: Around 10,000 MW electricity would be added to the national grid after completion of a number of power generation projects by the year 2018.
The country was able to produce upto 16,000 MW during the last 70 years while with the efforts of the present government, an additional 10,000 MW would be available in next two years, a senior official in the Ministry of Planning, Development and Reforms informed here on Friday.
He said, under a long term plan, the country would have an additional generation capacity of 30,948 MW by the year 2022 through Neelum Jhelum, Chashma nuclear, wind, hydel, LNG, Jamshoro Coal and Bagasse power projects.
Around 8,630 MW would be generated under the prioritized China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects in the same period.
Under the Power Generation Policy 2015, several initiatives were taken including Transmission Lines Investment Policy, focus on Coal Based Power, LNG Based Power, CPEC power generation projects of 8630 MW, production through LNG – 3600 MWs and the CASA-1000 project.
Under the policy, to facilitate new IPPs, 12,113 MW of electricity would be generated.—APP
