Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Saturday said the Pakistani government has prepared a comprehensive plan to double the power generation capacity of the country within the next ten years by initiating projects that could add a minimum of 20,000 MW by the year 2020. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of 225 MW Orient Combined Cycle Power Plant at Baloki, District Kasur the Prime Minister said it is the vision of the government to double the power generation capacity of the country within the next ten years that will be in addition to the projects already under implementation. The Prime Minister said “20,000 MW addition by 2020 program” will comprise 6,000 MW on hydro; 6,000 MW on coal; 5,000 MW on gas, 1,000 MW on Naptha and other indigenous fuels and the remainder 2,000 MW from alternative energy resources, especially solar and wind. The Prime Minister said while translating the vision 2020 into reality, the present government had so far added a total of 1,708 MW of generation capacity through a combination of Hydel and thermal sources which includes rehabilitated capacity of the existing Generation Companies (GENCOs). The Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) quoted Gilani as saying that another 2,795 MW of capacity additions are likely to be completed by December this year with an investment equal to US$ 5 billion by the end of this year. He said, “We will ensure maximum efficiency gains in our generation, transmission and distribution systems.”
