- Exit stimulated by local coal, wind and solar.
- Hydel Power falls strongly in the middle of low reservoir entries.
- Production cost an increase of 14% to Rs9.46 per unit in March.
Karachi: Pakistan electricity production increased by 5% in annual sliding in March, mainly caused by a significant increase in electricity production of local coal, The news reported.
According to official data, electricity production totaled 8,409 GWh in March, compared to 8,023 GWh the same month of last year. On a monthly basis, Generation jumped 21% against 6,945 GWh in February.
However, the production of global electricity for the first nine months of the current financial year dropped by 2% to 90,147 GWh, against 92,340 GWh during the same period last year.
In March, electricity production from local coal recorded a high increase of 62% in annual sliding (annual sliding), while the generation of the wind increased by 23%. The energy generated by wind and solar energy also increased by 12% and 9.0%, respectively, during the month.
Conversely, the production of Hydel electricity fell heavily by 41% due to the reduction of water entries in the tanks, caused by precipitation lower than the average. During the nine -month period, imported coal production increased by 46%, while solar energy production increased by 26%.
The cost of electricity production in March climbed 14% to Rs9.46 per unit, against 8.31 rupees per unit in the same month of last year. The increase in production cost has been mainly attributed to the increased use of furnace oil and energy -based energy production. On a monthly basis, the cost increased by 25% compared to February.
Despite the peak of walking, the average cost of electricity production for the first nine months of the financial year decreased by 1.0% to Rs8.65 per unit, against 8.75 rupees per unit during the same period of the previous year.
In terms of contribution by source, Hydel remained the main contributor in March, representing 27.6% of the total generation, followed by nuclear at 25.8% and the RLNG at 20.7%.
During the nine -month period, Hydel contributed 30.4% of total electricity production, while nuclear and RLNG represented 19.1% and 17.4% respectively. Local coal contributed 12.4% to total production during the same period.