ISLAMABAD: In a major departure from electricity generation from costly diesel and furnace oil, the government of Pakistan has decided to generate 9,800MW electricity from coal.
In this regard the Ministry of Water and Power has sent concept papers to the Planning Commission to get its go-ahead.
An official source said yesterday: “We are going for conversion of existing diesel and furnace oil-based thermal power plants at Guddu, Jamshoro and Muzaffargarh to coal as fuel, and with the conversion of the said plants the country would have 2,690MW electricity at cheaper prices.”
The sources said Manila-based Asian Development Bank had refused to fund the conversion of plants at Guddu, Jamshoro and Muzaffargarh.
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