Total power generation in Pakistan witnessed a significant decline of 23% on a yearly basis to 10,010 GWh in April 2023, compared to 12,960 GWh in same period last year. “Power generation down by 23% YoY during April 2023, the highest decline since available data (Jul’12),” said Arif Habib Limited (AHL) on Friday. On a monthly basis, power generation improved 15%, up from 8,741 GWh in March 2023.
In the mean time, the complete expense of producing power in the nation stayed unaltered at Rs10.24 KWh in April 2023, on a year-on-year (YoY) premise. On a month-on-month (Mother) premise, the expense of force age expanded by 25%, when contrasted with Rs8.22 KWh enlisted in Spring.
“On a Mother premise, the expansion in fuel cost is seen primarily because of a decrease in atomic, and hydel-based age alongside a 41% and 9% Mother ascend in coal and heater oil (FO)- based cost of age,” said AHL. While taking a gander at the initial ten months of the 2022-23 monetary year, power age diminished by 10% YoY to 103,593 GWh contrasted with 114,660 GWh a year earlier.
Additionally, the expense of force age during the initial ten months of the continuous monetary year was up 13%, from Rs8.2 in 10MFY22 to Rs9.3 in 10MFY23. Information on age blend uncovered that power age decline consistently was driven by hydel 1,872 GWh, and Lingering Fuel Oil (RFO) 221 GWh, which diminished by 22% and 86%, separately.
Power age from gas and Once again gasified Fluid Petroleum gas (RLNG) sources remained at 1,189 GWh and 2,418 GWh separately, showing a diminishing of 7% and 4%, individually, consistently. In April, atomic and RLNG arose as the main wellsprings of force age, representing 43% of the age blend consolidated.
Besides, power age from inexhaustible sources including sun oriented better by 44% consistently to 126 GWh, while age from other sustainable sources, for example, wind declined by 31% consistently to 323 GWh.
