Pakistan has surprisingly used historically high amount of coal for power production which accounts for around one-fourth of the total generation, helping reduce the average cost of electricity generation in October 2019.
Coal-based power production increased over two times to 2,357 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in October compared to 1,116 GWh in the same month of last year, Arif Habib Limited said, citing the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra) numbers on Monday.
The research house’s data suggested that it was the highest-ever production based on the dirty fuel – coal – which came to around 25% of the generation mix.
“Rise in coal-based generation was due to higher load factor and addition of China Power Hub Generation and Engro Powergen Thar to the system”
The share of coal in the total power production stood at 12% in October 2018.