1) OVER ALL REQUIREMENT OF ENERGY IN PAKISTAN:

International Energy Agency has forecast that total electricity requirement of the country will be 49,078 MW in 2025.

Over All Requirement of Energy in Pakistan by 2014 is 17000MW Over All Requirement Of Energy in Karachi by 2014 is

2) DEMAND, SUPPLY, AND SHORT FALL IN PAKISTAN:

Pakistan has an installed electricity generation capacity of 22,797 MW in 2013. The average demand is 17,000 MW and the shortfall is between 4,000 and 5,000 MW.

Karachi has an installed electricity generation capacity of 2600 MW in 2013. The average demand is 2500 MW and the supply around 2200 MW.

Oil (35.2 per cent), Hydel (29.9 per cent), Gas (29 per cent), and Nuclear, Solar and imported (6 per cent) are the principal sources.

3) TYPES OF POWER PLANTS IN PAKISTAN BASED ON INSTALLED CAPACITY (MW):

POWER GENERATION BASED ON WORKING SUBSTANCES (IN PAKISTAN):

Hydel

RFO

Gas

CoalHSD

MixedNuclear

Working Substance

4) 5) POWER GENERATION IN PAKISTAN:Based on Types of Power Plant:

1. HYDRO POWER GENERATION: (MAJOR)

HYDRO POWER GENERATION: (Small)

2. THERMAL POWER GENERATION

INSTALLED GENERATION OF INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS (IPPS):

6) 7) NAMES OF POWER PLANTS IN KARACHI BASED ON WORKING SUBSTANCE AND THEIR INSTALLED CAPACITY (MW):

Name of power Station Location Type And Working Substance Capacity (MW)

Bin Qasim Power Plant I Karachi, Sindh Thermal; Oil- and Natural Gas-fired thermal station

1,260

Bin Qasim Power Plant II Karachi, Sindh Thermal; Natural Gas-fired Combined Cycle Power Plant (CCPP)

560

Gul Ahmad Energy Limited

Karachi, Sindh Thermal; Furnace Oil, Gul Ahmed Wind Energy Proposed.

136

Tapal Energy Limited Karachi, Sindh Thermal; Furnace Oil Fired Thermal Plant

126

Karachi Nuclear Power Complex

Karachi, Sindh Nuclear 125

8) NAMES OF WORLD’S LARGEST POWER PLANTS ON THE BASIS OF CAPACITY ALONG WITH THEIR TYPE, LOCATION AND ANNUAL GENERATION:

Rank Station CountryCapacity(MW)

Annual generation(TWh)

Type

1. Three Gorges Dam China 22,500 98.8 (2014) Hydro

2. Itaipu Dam Brazil Paraguay

14,000 98.63 (2013) Hydro

3. Xiluodu China 13,860 57.1 (estimated) Hydro

4. Guri Venezuela 10,200 47 (average) Hydro

5. Tucuruí Brazil 8,370 21.4 (1999) Hydro

6. Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Japan 7,965 60.3 (1999) Nuclear

7. Grand Coulee United States 6,809 21 (2008) Hydro

8. Longtan China 6,426 18.7 Hydro

9. Sayano-Shushenskaya Russia 6,400 23.5 Hydro

10. Bruce Canada 6,300 45 (2013) Nuclear

References:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_power_stations_in_Pakistanhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_power_stations_in_the_worldhttp://www.slideshare.net/MuhammadSaleemNagri/power-sector-of-pakistan-an-overview