Pakistan Energy Business Day, Berlin

Power Sector Situation in Pakistan

Islamabad, September 2005

Alternative Energy Development Board

Deutsche Gesellschaft für

Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
Power Sector Situation
in Pakistan
Prepared by: Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)

in collaboration with

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH

Islamabad, September 2005

Imprint

Edited by:
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB)
B-344, Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Constitution Avenue
Islamabad
Pakistan
www.aedb.org, www.pakhydro.com
in collaboration with
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH
GTZ Office, House No. 63 A, Street No. 5, F-8/3
Islamabad
Pakistan
www.gtz.de

Prepared on the occasion of the Pakistan Energy Business Day, Berlin. This paper is based on the
Study "Energy-policy framework conditions for electricity markets and renewable energies", which
was published within the GTZ-TERNA Wind Energy Programme in June 2004. We greatly ac-
knowledge the TERNA Wind Energy Programme for the co-operation.
Contents

1 National Power Sector at a Glance .................................................. 1

2 Market Actors.................................................................................. 2

3 Legal Framework............................................................................. 3

4 Policy for Promoting Electricity Generation

from Renewable Energy Sources..................................................... 5

5 Status of Renewable Energy Sources.............................................. 8

6 Rural Electrification ........................................................................ 11

Annex 1

Annex 2

Annex 3

Contact Persons
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1 National Power Sector at a tion of electricity in Karachi and its adjoining

areas. It has nearly 1.5 million customers, pre-
Glance dominantly urban consumers.
Pakistan has two integrated public sector power In order to promote fair competition in the elec-
utilities, the Water and Power Development Au- tricity industry and to protect the rights of con-
thority (WAPDA) and the Karachi Electric Sup- sumers as well as producers and sellers of elec-
ply Corporation (KESC). WAPDA supplies tricity, the Government of Pakistan has enacted
power to the whole of Pakistan except the met- act the Regulation of Generation, Transmission
ropolitan city of Karachi, which is supplied by and Distribution of Electric Power regulation
KESC. The system of WAPDA and KESC are Act, 1997. Under this act the National Electric
interconnected through 220 kV double circuit Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) performs
transmission lines. The country has a total in- three main regulatory functions i.e., licensing of
stalled generating capacity of about 19522 MW. generation, transmission and distribution of elec-
The installed capacities owned by various agen- tric power, tariff determination and prescription
cies operating in the country. These are: of standards and rules for conduct of business.
ƒ Water & Power Development Authority
(WAPDA): 11327 MW
ƒ Karachi Electric Supply Corporation 1.1 Generation Capacity
(KESC): 1756 MW Between 1984/85 and 2004/05, Pakistan’s total
ƒ Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission installed power generating capacity increased
(PAEC): 462 MW nearly fourfold, from 5229 MW to 19,522 MW,
ƒ Independent Power Producers for details see Annex-1. Thermal power plants
(IPPs): 5977 MW contributed 64% of that total, while hydroelec-
WAPDA was established in 1958 and entrusted tric power plants accounted for 33%, and Paki-
with a massive agenda, which included genera- stan’s two nuclear power plants produced 3% of
tion, transmission and distribution of power the total 1 .
along with irrigation, drainage and flood control
etc. It owns about 58% of the country’s total
power generation capacity and serves about 88% 1.2 Power generation
of all the electricity customers in the country. It
The electricity market in Pakistan has been cha-
serves over 13 million customers.
racterised in recent years by marked changes in
The privatization of WAPDA is underway. Its the primary energy sources used for producing
distribution network has been divided into eight electricity. In the fiscal year 1990/91, hydropo-
electric supply companies, which are successors wer still accounted for nearly 45% of all electrici-
of former Area Electricity Boards (AEBs). The ty generated in the country, but by 2001/2002
AEBs were departments within WAPDA to ad- that share had dropped to only 26%. Simultane-
minister the supply and distribution, construc- ously, the share of thermally generated electricity
tion, expansion and operation of the distribution increased from 54% to 71%, for details please
system. These AEBs have been re-structured in refer to Annex-2. Most of that increase is the
eight independent power companies, i.e. eight result of capacity expansion since the early 1990s
distribution companies (DISCOs). Side by side in response to power shortages and the resultant
three generation companies (GENCOs) and a frequent power outages.
national transmission and dispatch company
Pakistan has little commercially exploitable oil of
(NTDC) have been created. Presently these enti-
its own. Consequently, more than 55% of the
ties are incorporated under the management of
country’s oil needs were met by imports in the
Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO). So
fiscal year 2001/02. The imports were used for
far Kot Addu has been privatized. DISCO at
such purposes as firing thermal power plants.
Faisalabad (FESCO) are next on line for privati-
zation.
KESC was incorporated in 1913 and is responsi- 1 The nuclear power plant has been in service since 1971, and a
ble for the generation, transmission and distribu- second NPP located in Chashma was commissioned in 2001.

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 Plants fuelled with natural gas, however, operate 1.5 Expansion of generating capacities
almost exclusively on domestic resources. This By reason of the projected increase in the de-
also applies to most of Pakistan’s few coal fired mand for electricity by some 10,000 MW by the
power plants 2 . year 2010, the Government of Pakistan has
launched a large-scale expansion programme.
Nevertheless, power shortages are anticipated,
1.3 Power transmission losses beginning in 2006. To keep that from happening,
or at least to minimise future supply deficits,
The safe and reliable transmission and distribu-
Pakistan has adopted a systematic development
tion of electricity remains a major problem in
plan called ‘Vision 2025’ that targets a long-term
Pakistan. Due to weak grid infrastructure and
capacity increase of around 35,000 MW by the
substantial theft of electricity, losses from the
year 2025. That would be nearly twice as much
transmission and distribution network totalled
power as was available at the end of 2002.
some 30% in 2003/04.
Around two thirds of the additional power
(22,563 MW) is slated to come from hydroelec-
tric power plants. New gas-fired power plants
1.4 Power consumption are supposed to contribute 13% (4,680 MW), the
With the sole exception of fiscal year 1998/99, same percentage as that to be generated by coal-
power consumption has grown steadily in recent fired power plants (4,350 MW). New nuclear
years. Between 1990/91 and 2003/04, total con- power plants with a total installed capacity of
sumption increased by more than 84%, from 31 1,800 MW (5%) are planned 3 . Finally, renewable
TWh to 57 TWh. Again, with a single exception sources of energy are supposed to account for
- fiscal year 1990/91 – the domestic sector was more than 4% (1,500 MW) of the overall newly
the consumer group with the largest proportion installed capacity. The planned expansion will
of consumption, followed by industry and agri- cost approximately US$ 30 billion. In view of
culture, for details see Annex-3. Pakistan's high national debt and persistent
budget deficit, the government is intensifying its
The demand for electricity will continue to rise efforts to attract private investors.
in the years to come. An average annual increase
of 7% has been postulated. The generation ca-
pacity and demand forecast is shown in the
graph. 2 Market Actors
The main public-sector actors in Pakistan’s elec-
tricity sector are WAPDA (Water and Power
20584
20500

19500
Firm Supply (MW) 19080 Development Authority), KESC (Karachi Elec-
Demand (MW)

18500
tric Supply Corporation) and the operators of
the two nuclear power plants KANUPP (Kara-
17689
Megawatts

17500 16548
chi Nuclear Power Plant) and CHANUPP
16500
15483 (Chashma Nuclear Power Plant). Beyond these, a
15500
14336
15046 15082
number of independent power producers (IPPs)
14500 15072 15091 15055 15055 15055
have become established in the power generating
sector since 1994.
14642
13500
13831
13071
12500
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year

Source: PPIB, Ministry of Water and Power 2.1 Vertical unbundling of WAPDA
The vertical disintegration of WAPDA was be-
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gun in the year 2000 as part of the country’s new
Pakistan’s commercially exploitable reserves were estimated at
approximately 28.3 billion cubic feet I April 2003. Additional re-
sources are expected in the province of Balochistan and in the
coastal waters. At the same time the demand for natural gas is
expected to double by 2006. Since some substantial new deposits 3 In early December 2003 the Government of Pakistan announce
of brown coal (lignite) in the Thar Desert in the Province of Sindh, plans to purchase a new nuclear power plant from China. With a
Pakistan is planning to increase the share of coal used for generat- rating of 600 MW, the facility will house the second nuclear reactor
ing electricity. at Chashma site, some 225 km north of the capital Islamabad.

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electricity market restructuring and liberalisation the Pakistani electricity market began to exhibit
programme. WAPDA was broken down into intermittent overcapacities. The city of Karachi
twelve separate units: three generating compa- receives all its electricity from KESC, while
nies, eight distribution companies, and the na- WAPDA serves the rest of the country. In the
tional transmission and distribution company medium to long term, though, the sale of elec-
NTDC. However, the envisaged privatisation of tricity is also supposed to be liberalised.
these independent generating and distributing
companies is proving difficult, because they of-
ten operate at a loss due to unpaid bills and 3 Legal Framework
submarginal electricity tariffs. For the time being,
hydropower will continue to be excluded from The Ministry of Water and Power (MoW&P) is
the privatisation process and will therefore re- responsible for formulating Pakistani energy pol-
main in WAPDA’s possession. icy. Due mainly to the shortage of electricity in
the 1980s and early 1990s, a strategy plan geared
WAPDA, as Pakistan’s largest power producer
to restructuring the Pakistani electricity sector
by far, held more than 55% of the country’s
was adopted in 1992.
power generating capacities in March 2003.
Those capacities were split almost evenly be-
tween hydroelectric and thermal power plants.
At the same time, the government-owned KESC 3.1 Private-sector power law of 1994
controlled somewhat more than 10% of overall Full implementation of the strategy plan has suf-
capacity (almost exclusively thermal), while the fered multiple delays already – for example, it
two nuclear power plants contributed 3% and has not yet been possible to establish a wholesale
the independent power producers already owned market – but that goal is still being pursued. A
33% of the electricity generating capacities. new energy law adopted in 1994 (Policy Frame-
work and Package of Incentives for Private Sec-
tor Power Generation Projects in Pakistan) aims
2.2 Independent power producers primarily to attract private capital to the Paki-
stani power sector and to standardise the condi-
The 17 largest independent power producers in
tions of investment for independent power pro-
Pakistan all operate thermal generating plants
ducers. It covers the following measures in par-
only 4 . The two largest privately owned power
ticular:
producers are the HUB Company (HUBCO)
and the Kot Addu Power Company (KAPCO). ƒ Standardisation of contracts with regard to
HUBCO belongs to a consortium formed by implementation agreements, contracts of
National Power (Great Britain), Xenal (Saudi supply for
Arabia) and Mitsui Corporation (Japan) and pos-
ƒ primary sources of energy and power con-
sesses just under 1,300 MW of generating capac-
sumption contracts.
ity. KAPCO, with more than 1,600 MW of
power generating capacity, was privatised in 1996 ƒ Remuneration for all electricity amounting to
and now belongs to the British enterprise Na- 5.7 US cents/kWh, coupled to the exchange
tional Power. Between 1994 and 1997, 19 IPP rate between the Pakistani rupee and the US
projects amounting to an overall capacity of dollar, including allowance for the US infla-
3,158 MW and a total investment volume of tion rate and potential fluctuations in raw-
some US$ 4 billion were awarded competitive- material prices 5
bidding contracts. By the end of March 2003,
ƒ Surrender of decision-making powers to the
2,728 MW of the total had already been installed.
project’s implementing institution with regard
The power-producing volume was so large that
to size, technology, energy source and siting
of the power plant
4 In addition to the 17 major IPPs, numerous small IPPs with total
installed capacity of 100 MW or less each have been active in Paki-
stan since 1994. By mid-2002, 15 small IPPs had received operating
lincences from NEPRA for capacities totalling approximately 240 5 In addition a bonus of 0.25 US cents/kWh was offered for power
MW (NEPRA 2002). plant projects commissioned by the end of 1997

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ƒ Power-grid connection and supply guarantee and the NTDC, distribution companies and ma-
for the required primary energy sources jor customers. NEPRA also defines the licensing
requirements and can impose fines for non-
ƒ exemption of independent power producers
compliance with the relevant regulations.
from numerous forms of taxation
(capital-gains tax, income tax and turnover In the summer of 2003, all restructured power
tax) and duties companies and twelve of the 17 largest IPPs re-
ceived their requisite operating licences from
ƒ guaranteed acceptance of supplied power and
NEPRA, and the latter was poised to issue li-
delivery of required primary energy sources
cences to three additional existing IPPs.

3.2 Creation of Private Power and Infra-

3.4 Vertical unbundling of WAPDA in 2000
structure Board (PPIB)
Also, with a view to improving investment in- Another step taken in the restructuring of Paki-
centives in the Pakistani power sector, a new stan’s power sector was the formal disintegration
state-owned consulting institution was estab- of WAPDA, which was completed in 2000. The
lished in 1994 – the Private Power and Infra- medium- to long-term objective is to privatise
structure Board (PPIB). This instrumentality is the public power producing and distributing
primarily dedicated to serving as a one window companies.
facility to investors in Pakistan’s private power
sector. Acting in the name of the Pakistani Gov-
ernment, PPIB provides advice and guidance for 3.5 Power Law of 2002
the implementation of power plant projects. Its A new power law was enacted in 2002, it closely
main task is to negotiate the implementation resembles its predecessor dating from 1994, but
agreement and provide support in negotiating it has a broader range of application. Entitled
fuel supply agreements and power purchase “Policy for Power Generation Projects – Year
agreements. PPIB also provides guarantees to 2002”, the new power law applies both to private
private investors for the performance of gov- investment projects and to public-private part-
ernment entities (WAPDA, KESC, etc.), moni- nerships and public-sector power plant projects.
tors litigation and international arbitration for The law also makes it possible for investors not
and on behalf of the Government of Pakistan, only to participate in public tendering, but also
and, finally, assists the regulatory authority in to propose power plant projects on their own.
determining and approving tariffs for new pri- Now, the respective provincial governments are
vate power projects. responsible for approving plants with ratings
below 50 MW. A two-component system of re-
muneration has been defined for power provid-
3.3 National Power Regulatory Authority ers: part of the remuneration depends on the
(NEPRA) output of the respective plant (capacity purchase
The sectoral National Electric Power Regulatory price, CPP), and the rest is a function of the
Authority (NEPRA) was created under the NE- sources of energy employed for producing the
PRA Act in 1997. NEPRA’s main purpose is to electricity (energy purchase price, EPP). The lat-
ensure fair competition and consumer protection. ter is supposed to account for at least 34 to 40%
NEPRA’s primary responsibilities include the of the total remuneration. The new provisions
issue of licences for power production, transmis- from 2002 give preference to projects involving
sion and distribution (including the stipulation of the use of domestic energy resources, i.e. mainly
licensing fees), specification of electricity tariffs, water, coal and natural gas. This manifests itself
both with regard to remuneration of producers primarily in the exemption of all such power
(NTDC purchase price) and in terms of con- plant projects from income taxes, turnover taxes
sumer-side pricing. With respect to tariffing, and capital gains taxes on imports (with oil-fired
NEPRA is also responsible for approving the power plants constituting an exception). More-
tariffs negotiated in connection with bilateral over, import duties on plant components have
agreements between individual power producers been reduced to a mere 5% of the standard rate.

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3.6 Wholesale market photovoltaic. For lack of precise promotion in-

Regarding the creation of a wholesale market, a struments, the output of all solar and wind en-
so-called ‘single buyer plus’ model was estab- ergy systems plus mini-hydropower plants to-
lished in July 2002. In that model, the NTDC gether amounted to less than 5 MW at the end
functions as the sole purchaser of all electricity of the 1980s.
generated by all producers together. Beginning in The 1990s also saw some isolated instances of
mid-2009, major consumers are to be allowed to promotion measures for renewable energy
purchase electricity from producers of their own sources in Pakistan, but they were all very limited
choice by way of bilateral supply agreements. in their financial scope. In this connection, men-
The introduction of a wholesale market is envis- tion could be made of the 1992 National Paki-
aged for mid-2012. stan Conservation Strategy (PNCS) which was
subsequently integrated into the ninth Pakistani
energy plan (1993-1998). Altogether, PNCS
3.7 Clean Development Mechanism spent some 63 million rupees (€ 900,000) on in-
As a signatory to the United Nations’ Frame- troducing biogas, wind power and mini-
work Convention on Climate Change, which hydropower facilities.
Pakistan ratified in June 1994, and as a member
of the World Bank, Pakistan is entitled to par-
ticipate in Global Environment Facility (GEF) 4.2 Pakistan Council for Renewable Energy
projects. Since Pakistan has recognised the Technology (PCRET)
Koyoto Protocol in January 2005, a variety of The latest alternative energy promotion activities
projects is available for the implementation un- in Pakistan again encompass institutional meas-
der the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), ures and define target objectives. In May 2001,
but not one yet implemented or initiated. the two separate research institutions NIST and
PCAT merged to become the Pakistan Council
for Renewable Energy Technology (PCRET),
4 Policy for Promoting Electric- the main goal being to better coordinate research
ity Generation from Renew- activities and avoid overlaps.
able Energy Sources
Pakistan’s first promotion measures for renew- 4.3 National Environment Action Plan –
able energy sources were implemented in the Support Programme (NEAP-SP)
early 1980s. For example, the sixth Pakistani en- The Support Programme (NEAP-SP) for im-
ergy plan (1983–1988) devoted approximately € plementing the National Environment Action
14 million to the areas of renewable energy crops, Plan (NEAP) of 1997 was signed by the Gov-
biogas and a feasibility study for the commercial ernment of Pakistan and UNDP in October
exploitation of solar energy. 2001. The NEAP-SP includes six different sub-
programmes, one of which concerns the field of
energy conservation and renewable energy
4.1 First activity between 1975 and 1992 sources, and concrete projects are to be imple-
mented over the next five years.
The Pakistan Council of Appropriate Technol-
ogy (PCAT, established in 1975) and the Na-
tional Institute of Silicon Technology (NIST,
established 1981) were jointly responsible for 4.4 Alternative Energy Development Board
implementing the measures. (AEDB)
While PCAT focused its attention primarily on The Alternative Energy Development Board
the areas of mini-hydropower, biogas plants, (AEDB) was founded in May 2003 for supplying
solar cookers and small wind energy conversion wind- solar and mini/small hydropower gener-
systems for driving water pumps, NIST was ated electricity in remote regions of Pakistan.
more involved in the research, development and AEDB is also responsible for developing the
commercialisation of solar energy with focus on country’s medium- and long-term promotion

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policy for renewable energy sources. In addition, A wind corridor at Gharo-Keti Bandar, Sindh
its functions include the coordination of joint has been identified with an actual potential of
ventures with the aim of having foreign tech- 50,000 MW. The pre-feasibility study of the site
nologies in the field of alternative energies fabri- has been done by AEDB. AEDB drafted the
cated in Pakistan. The AEDB is located in Prime Power Purchase Agreement and the Implemen-
Minister Secretariat and answers directly the tation Agreement and submitted to NTDC for
cabinet division and the Prime Minister. The review on 22nd March 2005. AEDB has submit-
AEDB has a mandate of !0% of the total in- ted the 4th Draft of PPA to NTDC for further
stalled capacity in the country from Renewable review. Views of both NTDC and the private
Energy sources by 2015. investors have been incorporated in the revised
draft. NTDC has forwarded this revised draft to
their Finance, Planning & Technical Sections for
4.4.1 AEDB Ordinance further comments.
The President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ƒ 8 companies with financial and technical vi-
on 30th April 2005, promulgated an Ordinance to ability have been short-listed.
provide for the establishment of Alternative En-
ergy Development Board as an autonomous ƒ Three companies have submitted applications
body for the purpose of implementation of vari- to NEPRA for obtaining Generation License.
ous policies, programs and projects in the field ƒ OEMs / Suppliers like GE, VESTAS and
of Alternative or Renewable Energy Technolo- GAMESA have been short-listed for the pro-
gies. ject.
The objective of AEDB as stated in the Ordi- ƒ HESCO has agreed to purchase the initial
nance, is to assist and facilitate development and 100 MW Wind Power generated through this
generation of Alternative or renewable Energy in project.
order to achieve sustainable economic growth
with transfer of technology for development of ƒ Private investors have entered the PPA nego-
an indigenous technological base through a di- tiations with NTDC / WAPDA.
versified energy generation. ƒ Sindh Government has leased out 3460 Acres
of land for the project. Land for balance of
13 investors has also been sanctioned by the
4.4.2 Renewable Energy Policy
Sindh Chief Minister.
Policy for Promotion of Alternative Renewable
Energy in Pakistan has been prepared by AEDB ƒ New Transmission Network from Mirpur
and submitted to the Cabinet Division after in- Sakro to Thatta is to be constructed by
corporating the inputs of all the involved stake- NTDC in order to sustain the load generated
holders. The Policy will soon be submitted to the by 100 MW Wind Power.
Cabinet for approval. ƒ Wind Turbine Manufacturing Consortium
(WTMC) has been formed for the indigenous
4.4.3 100 MW Wind Power Generation Project at production of various components of wind
Gharo – Keti Bandar, Sindh turbines in Pakistan.
On commercial grid connected electricity gen- ƒ Once the initial target of generating 100 Mega
eration programme, the Government of Pakistan Watt through Wind Energy is achieved, it will
has decided to install 100 MW Wind Power be upgraded to 700 MW by the year 2010 and
Farm during the year 2005. This programme ini- 9700 MW by the year 2030.
tiated by the AEDB involves financing through
private sector, land from Government of Sindh
and power purchase by NTDC for 4.4.4 Resource Mobilization
HESCO/KESC. The Government of Pakistan AEDB has mobilized different sources of funds
guarantees are backed through NEPRA. The from the international donor organizations i.e.,
Board has issued LOIs to 22 national and inter- ADB, GEF, USAID, GTZ and UNDP for the
national companies for generation of 1100 MW promotion, execution and implementation of
power through wind energy. Alternative Renewable Energy Projects in

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Pakistan. The Federal Government provided Rs. 4.4.6 Environmental Benefits

100 Million during 2004-05 to meet the cost of AEDB is also playing its part in abatement of
the projects undertaken by AEDB. Case for ap- Greenhouse gases and improving the Environ-
proval of funding of U.S. $ 3.82 Million from ment of the country by promoting environment-
GEF-UNDP is with the EAD of the Govern- friendly Renewable Energy projects. One such
ment of Pakistan for the project of “Sustainable example is the 100 MW Wind Farm project at
Development of Utility Scale Wind Power Pro- Gharo-Keti Bandar, which will avoid around
duction”. The amount of U.S. $ 3.1 Million will 135,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide. As a result of
be provided by the donor agency, while the re- the ratification of Kyoto Protocol, Pakistan can
maining amount of U.S. $ 0.72 will be funded by now achieve Carbon trading benefits of 1 – 1.5
the GoP. A Pak-German Technical Cooperation U.S. Cents / Kilo Watt Hour.
Programme (GTZ) for Euro 3.5 Million is being
implemented over a two year period.
4.4.7 AEDB Targets
Khushali Bank and Zarai Taraqiyati Bank Lim-
ited (ZTBL) have been approached by AEDB to In addition to the targets outlined in the Energy
offer micro-credit schemes for the promotion of Security Action Plan, the Alternative Energy De-
Alternative Renewable Energy technologies, es- velopment Board has been set forth the follow-
pecially in the remote areas. These schemes have ing targets for the future:
been designed to suit the needs of the common 1. Electrification of 40,000 Villages / Remote
man living in far-flung villages, enabling the vil- Areas that are without Electricity, through
lagers to easily afford the basic amenities of elec- Alternative Renewable Energy technologies.
tricity and clean water.
2. Designing of laws and taxes to promote and
encourage ARE projects and products in the
4.4.5 Capacity Building country.
The Asian Development Bank offered a Techni- 3. Indigenous Development of Wind Turbines.
cal Assistance (TA) project in 2004 for the de-
4. Indigenous Development of Solar PV Panels.
velopment of Renewable Energy in Pakistan.
The objective of the proposed Project Prepara- 5. Establishment of Solar Thermal Power Plants
tory Technical Assistance (PPTA) was to assist in the country.
GoP in designing a loan for financing invest-
ment in Renewable Energy. U.S. $ 550,000 were
made available for the PPTA with U.S. $ 137,500
4.6 GTZ and KfW projects
to be provided to each of the four provinces,
while another U.S. $ 150,000 were made avail- In addition to the World Bank/GEF, various
able for the Small Scale Technical Assistance German and other development organisations
(SSTA) for capacity building for carrying out are contributing financial and technical assistance
Renewable Energy projects of all the four prov- to the Pakistani power sector. For example, the
inces involved with the TA. Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and GTZ
are sponsoring projects in the hydropower sector.
The purpose of the GTZ projects is to expand
4.4.5 International Representation the use of renewable energy sources, hydro-
The efforts of AEDB for the promotion, execu- power in particular. The latter, it is hoped, will
tion and implementation of Alternative Renew- eventually constitute a significant, macro eco-
able Energy Projects were recognized interna- nomically efficient contribution to Pakistan’s
tionally as well when AEDB was made the co- future supply of electricity. Social and ecological
opted member of the Board of Directors of the problems are to be minimised in the process.
World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and Under the newly started Renewable Energy and
the International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Energy Efficiency (REEE) project in collabora-
presented the chair of the Pakistan Section to tion with AEDB and ENERCON to provide
AEDB. technical assistance and support to these organi-
zations at policy level, capacity building and
promotion of REEE through effective media

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coverage and seminars. GTZ does see Renew- Allai Khwar (121 MW), Khan Khwar (72 MW)
able Energy and Energy Efficiency as an inte- and Duber Khwar (130 MW) – have been pre-
grated approach. pared with GTZ assistance in recent years. The
GTZ conducted the feasibility studies and gener-
ated the tendering documents for all three pro-
5 Status of Renewable Energy jects. The Abu Dhabi Development Fund is
providing credit to the amount of US$ 150 mil-
Sources lion for implementing the projects. Pakistan it-
self is raised additional funds and all the projects
5.1 Hydropower
are under construction.
Pakistan’s total hydropower potential has been
estimated over 40,000 MW, some 24,000 MW of
which could be beasily harnessed, and approxi- 5.1.3 Micro hydropower potential
mately 6400 MW of which is actually being ex- In northern Pakistan alone there is an estimated
ploited. More than 1000 MW micro/mini hy- potential of 300 MW for micro hydropower
dropower potential is available in northern plants with installed capacities below 100 kW
mountainous region of the country, of which less each. As of today, only about 10 MW of that
than 1% is being developed. Due to anticipated potential had been tapped by a total of some
growth in demand and of the fact that only more than 300 projects co-financed by Aga
about 20% of the available hydropower potential Khan Rural Supprt Programme (AKRSP)
is being utilised, the ‘Vision 2025’ development PCRET, European Union (EU) and private de-
plan provides first and foremost for the vigorous, velopers. Now, with the assistance of the Asian
multi-stage development of hydroelectric power. Development Bank and within the scope of
Malakand Rural Development Project, 100 micro
hydropower plants with ratings ranging from 5
5.1.1 Run-of-river Ghazi-Barotha power plant
to 50 kW are under implementation with in and
Ghazi-Barotha Power Plant, a run-of-river plant around Malakand Division of the North-West
that is presently being commissioned in succes- Frontier province (NWFP).
sive stages, constitutes an initial large-scale pro-
ject in this sector. Located on the upper reaches
of the Indus and built for a total output of 1,450
MW, its first stage (290 MW) went into service 5.2 Wind Energy
last July. The power station was fully commis- By the end of 2003 not a single wind energy
sioned in mid-2004. The project is being imple- conversion system with a generating capacity
mented under the auspices of state-owned above 500 W had been installed in Pakistan.
WAPDA. The total cost of the project stands at There are only a small number of micro-plants
roughly US$ 2.1 billion. The project is being fi- (300–500 W) for generating electricity, and
nanced by the World Bank, the Asian Develop- roughly 30 wind power installations are in use
ment Bank, the Japan Bank for International for pumping water in the coastal regions of Ba-
Cooperation (JBIC), the European Investment lochistan and Sindh provinces 6 . Most notably
Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and re- along its 900 km coastline and in a number of
sources from German Financial Cooperation North-West Frontier valleys, Pakistan possesses
(KfW). WAPDA is contributing approximately about 50,000 MW of economically exploitable
US$ 1 billion, or nearly half of the overall cost. wind-power potential. On commercial grid con-
Fully utilised, the power plant is supposed to nected electricity generation programme, the
lower CO2 emissions by approximately 5.5 mil- Government of Pakistan has decided to install
lion tons annually. 100 MW Wind Power Farm during the year

5.1.2 GTZ assistance for medium-size hydro- 6 The installation of initially, 100 small wind turbines in Pakistan’s
power projects coastal regions by mid 2004 is envisaged as the next step as the
form of cooperation project between PCRET and the Chinese
In addition to the aforementioned large-scale Academy of Agriculture Science. With exception of generators,
project, three additional hydroelectric power which are to be imported from China, all plant components were
plants of medium size – the high-pressure plants supposed to manufactured in Pakistan.

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2005. This programme initiated by the AEDB 5.2.3 Phase-1 of UNDP/GEF ‘Commercialization
involves financing through private sector, land of Wind Power Potential in Pakistan’
from Government of Sindh and power purchase 1. The Phase-1 of the Project stems from a de-
by NTDC for HESCO/KESC. The Govern- tailed set of background and site specific studies
ment of Pakistan guarantees are backed through carried out in PDF ‘B’, initiated in April, 2001
NEPRA. The Board has issued LOIs to 22 na- under the GEF Operational Programme OP6,
tional and international companies for genera- with co-financing from UNDP and the Nordic
tion of 1100 MW power through wind energy. Trust. The detailed studies included an assess-
With the help of AEDB Pakistan also plans to ment of the regional power supply and demand
install an additional 300 micro-wind turbiness situation detailed wind measurements and analy-
with a high domestic content by 2003/2004. sis at the initially proposed wind farm site near
Pasni, complete environmental impact assess-
ment of the proposed plant site, technical speci-
5.2.1 Unimplemented wind farms fication of plant equipment, as well as detailed
There have been numerous past attempts to har- financial and economic analysis, including calcu-
ness wind power on a large scale: In response to lation of costs of wind power generation,
investment incentives provided by the 1994 avoided diesel generation, and incremental pro-
Electricity Act, two American investors planned ject activities.
to build two large wind farms in cooperation 2. The project aims to reduce GHG emission
with Pakistani contractors. However, those two through the facilitation of commercial scale ex-
projects – the 100MW Kenetech wind power ploitation of renewable wind energy for power
project in Balochistan Province and the 150MW production in Pakistan. It focuses on establishing
Omega-Zond wind farm in Sindh province – a wind power industry in the country based on
have not yet been implemented. internationally proven technology as an eco-
nomically viable and sustainable option by re-
moving policy, institutional, regulatory, fiscal and
5.2.2 UNDP/GEF project ‘Commercialization of
Wind Power Potential in Pakistan
technical barriers to private investments in wind
farms and their integration in the power grid.
The first official initiative to stimulate the use of
wind power in Pakistan was launched in No- 3. The project will be implemented using a
vember 2002. phased approach where phase 1 (2 years) will
focus on removing barriers linked to a currently
With the financial support of UNDP and GEF,
weak or non existent enabling environment for
the Pakistani Environment Ministry initiated a
on grid renewable energy and specifically for
project entitled ‘Commercialization of Wind
wind energy, together with creating government,
Power Potential in Pakistan’. That project in-
private sector and academic awareness and capa-
cluded a study aiming to identify the existing
bilities so as to facilitate its effective commercial
impediments to the use of renewable energy
deployment throughout the country. Towards
sources in Pakistan, probing suggestions on how
the end of phase 1 the project will also start the
to overcome them 7 and conducting the requisite
required steps of a procurement process (expres-
planning for an initial demonstration project.
sion of interest) related to piloting the first
commercial on grid wind energy installation in
Pakistan. This barrier removing exercise will then
create the necessary conditions for phase 2 (3
years) to be presented to the GEF for final ap-
proval with adjusted and confirmed estimates of
funding from different sources and the condi-
7 The most important recommendations covered a technology-
tions attached. Phase 2 will then consist of the
specific system of remuneration, assumption of the grid connection
costs by the responsible power utility in each case, the creation of initial implementation of the specific enabling
coherent political framework conditions at the national level for the environment including contractual and financial
projects involving renewable energy sources on a scale upto 50
MW, consideration of the environmental benefits of renewable
conditions to sustain the first commercial on
energy sources in the planning of additional wind farms, and grid wind energy operations on a continued basis
streamlining of the licensing procedures for projects based on (currently the assumption and the costing for
renewable energy sources.

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this phase was based upon the PDF ‘B’ defined 5.4.1 AEDB Programme of 100 Solar Homes per
15 MV, however this will change as a result of Province
the implementation of phase 1 of this project Aim of the Project
and it will be resubmitted for GEF approval). Presently a large number of households in remo-
te/rural areas do not have access to basic ameni-
ties like electricity, gas, potable water etc. There-
5.3 Biomass fore these households are forced to use kerosene
In Pakistan, where, according to the last census oil and firewood for lighting and cooking. This
from 1998, approximately two out of three peo- solar energy demonstration project aims to
ple live in rural areas, the rural residents in par- change the current status quo by providing local
ticular rely almost exclusively on biomass in the communities with comforts of lighting, cooking
form of fuel wood or charcoal for cooking and and clean drinking water. This demonstration
heating. Indeed, the majority of Pakistan’s urban project will assist in the alleviation of poverty,
population (58%) also takes recourse to those social uplift and rural development. Moreover, it
traditional sources of energy. According to offi- will also aim at mitigating greenhouse gas emis-
cial data, the country’s total wooded area ex- sions.
panded from 34,600 km2 to 38,100 km2 (i.e. by Furthermore, the project will serve the following
about 10%) between 1990/91 and 2001/02, but purposes:
each year local residents remove some 1.2 mil-
lion m2 of wood from the country’s forests for a) To increase awareness in the use of renew-
use as fuel. In Balochistan, this practice has re- able energy.
duced the total area of standing forest by 70%. b) To provide basic necessities of lighting to
remote locations.
c) To establish a model project in order to as-
certain maintainability and sustainability pa-
5.4 Solar Energy rameters.
Pakistan has a very good overall solar-energy d) To develop a commercial model to encourage
potential. The average daily insolation rate the private sector for replication.
amounts to approximately 5.3 kWh/m2. Espe- e) To develop a solar technological base.
cially the south-western province of Balochistan
offers excellent conditions for harnessing solar
Results Achieved
energy. There, the sun shines between 8 and 8.5
hours daily, or approximately 3,000 hours per The project was executed and implemented in
annum. the following villages:

Despite these favourable prerequisites, the use of 1. Allah Baksh Bazar Dandar, District Kech,
solar energy for generating electricity or for heat- Balochistan
ing is still in its beginnings. Photovoltaic systems 2. Bharo Mal, District Thar, Sindh
are used primarily for producing electricity in 3. Janak, District Kohat, N.W.F.P.
rural areas. As far back as the early 1980s, the 4. Lakhi Bher, Distrcit D.G. Khan, Punjab
Government of Pakistan had 18 PV systems Each of the 100 households in each village has
with a composite output of 440 kW installed in been provided with 88 Watt Solar Panels, 4 LED
various parts of the country. Due to the lack of lights, a 12 Volt DC fan and a TV socket. In ad-
technical know-how about their operation and dition, a Solar Disinfecting Unit and a Solar
maintenance, though, no further systems were Cooker have also been provided to each house-
installed. For the same reason, seven other PV hold.
systems with a total output of 234 kW, which
were installed in the Pakistani part of the Hindu Two solar-powered seawater desalination facili-
Kush in the late 1980s, are no longer in opera- ties with a daily throughput of 22,710 l are in use
tion. However, with the establishment of AEDB, in the province of Balochistan.
this time round will ensure sustainability of such
projects by providing a workable model on
commercial lines.

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5.5 Geothermal Energy

Although there are numerous hot springs with
temperatures ranging from 30°C to 170°C to be
found in various parts of Pakistan, for example
in the vicinity of Karachi and in the Pakistani
part of the Himalayas, there has been no attempt
to make use of geothermal energy in Pakistan yet.

6 Rural Electrification
Pakistan’s increasing demand for energy is due in
part to efforts designed to promote the process
of rural electrification. Until 1995/96, the num-
ber of villages with access to grid power grew by
9 to 11% annually. Since then, however, the in-
creasing connection costs have driven the
growth rate down to about 2% per year. As of
March 2003, approximately 73,000 (59%) of
Pakistan’s roughly 125,000 villages were receiv-
ing electricity (compared with approximately
46,000 villages, or 37%, in mid-1993. Recently
the Government of Pakistan has publicly an-
nounced an ambitious plan to provide basic
power to all the citizens through out the country
by the end of 2007.

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Annex 1

Hydropower Thermal Nuclear Total

Year
MW % MW % MW % MW
1984 2,547 48.7 2,545 48.7 137 2.6 5229
1985 2,897 51.6 2,580 46.0 137 2.4 5614
1986 2,897 46.8 3,160 51.0 137 2.2 6194
1987 2,897 43.9 3,560 54.0 137 2.1 6594
1988 2,897 42.6 3,760 55.3 137 2.0 6794
1989 2,897 39.1 4,370 59.0 137 1.9 7404
1990 2,897 35.0 5,235 63.3 137 1.7 8269
1991 2,897 32.6 5,864 65.9 137 1.5 8898
1992 3,329 35.7 5,872 62.9 137 1.5 9338
1993 3,761 37.6 6,099 61.0 137 1.4 9997
1994 4,725 41.0 6,664 57.8 137 1.2 11526
1995 4,825 38.8 7,476 60.1 137 1.1 12438
1996 4,825 37.9 7,763 61.0 137 1.1 12725
1997 4,825 31.9 10,149 67.2 137 0.9 15111
1998 4,825 30.5 10,876 68.7 137 0.9 15838
1999 4,825 30.2 10,993 68.9 137 0.9 15955
2000 4,825 29.1 11,637 70.1 137 0.8 16599
2001 5,039 28.5 12,188 68.9 462 2.6 17689
2002 5,039 28.0 12,473 69.4 462 2.6 17974
2003 5,039 28.0 12,473 69.4 462 2.6 17974
2004 6,493 33.3 12,567 64.4 462 2.4 19522
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Hydropower Thermal * Nuclear Total

Year
GWh % GWh % GWh % GWh
1984 12,822 59.3 8,786 40.7 21608
1985 12,245 52.5 11,080 47.5 23325
1986 13,804 53.8 11,833 46.2 25637
1987 15,251 53.7 13,151 46.3 28402
1988 16,689 50.6 16,289 49.4 32978
1989 16,974 49.0 17,645 51.0 34619
1990 16,925 45.0 20,720 55.0 37645
1991 18,298 44.9 22,429 55.1 40727
1992 18,647 41.0 26,838 59.0 45485
1993 21,111 43.4 27,569 56.6 48680
1994 19,436 38.1 31,592 61.9 51028
1995 22,858 41.6 32,028 58.4 54886
1996 23,206 39.8 35,039 60.2 58245
1997 20,858 34.7 39,251 65.3 60109
1998 22,060 36.4 38,517 63.6 60577
1999 22,448 34.8 41,855 64.8 284 0.4 64587
2000 19,288 28.5 48,021 70.9 399 0.6 67708
2001 17,259 24.5 51,308 72.7 1997 2.8 70564
2002 19,056 25.9 52,257 71.0 2291 3.1 73604
2003 22,350 29.0 52,920 68.7 1740 2.3 77010
2004 27,477 33.2 53,450 64.6 1760 2.1 82687

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Annex 3

Bulk Supply +
Sale b/w
Domestic Commercial Industrial Agriculture Public Lighting WAPDA &
Year KESC Total TWh
+Traction
TWh % TWh % TWh % TWh % TWh % TWh %
1984 4.6 26.1 1.3 7.4 4.7 27.0 3.9 22.1 0.1 0.6 2.9 16.8 17.47
1985 5.1 27.5 1.4 7.4 5.1 27.4 4.0 21.8 0.1 0.6 2.9 15.4 18.55
1986 5.9 28.1 1.5 7.3 5.9 28.3 4.3 20.5 0.1 0.6 3.2 15.1 20.89
1987 6.8 28.9 1.7 7.2 6.5 27.2 5.0 21.1 0.1 0.6 3.5 14.9 23.70
1988 7.7 28.7 1.9 6.9 7.3 26.9 6.1 22.6 0.2 0.6 3.9 14.3 27.01
1989 8.7 30.3 1.9 6.7 7.6 26.6 6.2 21.7 0.2 0.7 4.0 14.0 28.61
1990 9.4 29.3 2.0 6.1 8.4 26.2 7.0 21.8 0.2 0.7 5.1 15.9 32.06
1991 10.4 30.0 2.1 6.0 9.1 26.4 7.6 21.9 0.3 0.8 5.2 15.0 34.68
1992 11.5 30.8 1.6 4.3 10.2 27.5 7.9 21.2 0.3 0.8 5.7 15.3 37.21
1993 13.2 33.1 1.7 4.3 10.9 27.4 7.7 19.3 0.3 0.7 6.1 15.2 39.95
1994 14.1 34.1 1.8 4.3 10.6 25.5 7.8 18.9 0.3 0.7 6.8 16.3 41.39
1995 15.6 35.1 1.9 4.4 10.6 24.0 8.1 18.4 0.3 0.7 7.8 17.5 44.38
1996 17.1 36.8 2.2 4.7 10.4 22.3 8.5 18.3 0.4 0.8 8.0 17.2 46.57
1997 17.7 36.6 2.2 4.6 10.2 21.0 8.9 18.3 0.4 0.8 9.1 18.7 48.51
1998 18.7 37.5 2.3 4.7 10.3 20.6 9.0 18.0 0.6 1.2 9.0 18.0 49.95
1999 19.3 38.9 2.4 4.8 10.0 20.2 7.8 15.8 0.2 0.5 9.8 19.8 49.48
2000 21.4 41.7 2.5 5.0 10.8 21.1 6.9 13.5 0.2 0.5 9.4 18.3 51.30
2001 22.7 41.6 2.8 5.1 11.8 21.6 7.5 13.7 0.2 0.4 9.6 17.6 54.57
2002 23.2 41.6 3.0 5.3 12.7 22.7 8.1 14.5 0.2 0.4 8.7 15.5 55.73
2003 23.6 43.9 3.2 6.0 13.5 25.1 8.7 16.2 0.2 0.5 4.4 8.3 53.68
*2004 25.8 45.0 3.7 6.4 17.4 30.2 6.7 11.6 0.3 0.5 3.7 6.4 57.49

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