KARACHI: The share of eco-friendly gas and re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) in power generation has risen to 43.17 percent in February 2018, revealed National Electric Power and Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday.
This was achieved by the launch of LNG-based projects and rise in supply of the imported gas, reported Express Tribune.
Nepra statistics revealed power generation from domestically produced gas and imported LNG rose to 43.17 percent of overall electricity generation in February 2018.
This translated into a 6.6 percentage point rise from domestically produced gas and RLNG compared to 36.57 percent in same period last year (SPLY).
Almost 24 percent of power generated in February 2018 was from domestically produced gas and 19.20 percent from RLNG, said Nepra’s report.
Power generated from imported RLNG was nearly equivalent to cost of electricity produced via furnace oil in power plants.
The tariff for RLNG based generation was determined at Rs9.02 per unit, which is nearly twice the cost produced from domestic gas-based power generated which stood at Rs4.71 per unit.
Furnace oil-based power production was determined to have stood at Rs10.17 per unit, said Nepra.
Coal-based power production surged to 15.79 percent of the entire energy mix in February 2018 and cost was determined to be Rs5.81 per unit compared to 0.07 percent in SPLY.
This major rise in coal-based power production was driven by the coming online of two power plants of 2,600 cumulative capacity in Punjab and Sindh respectively.
Electricity generation via furnace oil decreased to 8.33 percent during February 2018 compared to 26.28 percent in SPLY. Diesel-based generation fell almost to zero, recorded at 0.01 percent and cost was Rs14.17 per unit in comparison to 0.09 percent of SPLY.
Hydel generation, which is the cheapest source of power generation also decreased to 19.44 percent in February 2018 from 23.40 percent in SPLY.
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