Electricity generation rises 0.3% in July 2024

MG News | August 21, 2024 at 10:10 AM GMT+05:00

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August 21, 2024 (MLN): The total power generation in the country increased by 0.3% YoY to 14,880 GWh during July 2024 as compared to 14,839 GWh in the same month of last year.

According to the monthly electricity generation data released by National Electric Power Authority (NEPRA), the total power generation increased by 10.5% MoM compared to 13,461 GWh in June 2024.

Generation through Coal, Gas, RLNG, Import from Iran, Bagasse, and Solar registered a year-on-year increase of 21.2%, 4.5%, 1.8%, 66.4%, 32.6%, and 46.3% respectively in July, compared with the figures in same month of last year.

On the other hand, production of Hydel, RFO, Nuclear, and Wind fell by 3.2%, 65.4%, 5.6%, and 18.9% YoY, respectively.

Share-wise, Hydel held the majority share of electricity generation during the month, clocking in at 35.9%

This was followed by RLNG with 20.0%, Coal with 17.8%, Nuclear with 13.4%, and Gas with 7.9%.

Units (GWh)	Jul-24	Jul-23	YoY %	Jun-24	MoM %
Total	14,880	14,839	0.3%	13,461	10.5%
Hydel	5,341	5,518	-3.2%	4,729	12.9%
Coal	2,643	2,180	21.2%	2,126	24.3%
HSD	0	0	-	0	-
RFO	102	295	-65.4%	263	-61.2%
Gas	1,180	1,129	4.5%	1,166	1.2%
RLNG	2,970	2,918	1.8%	2,437	21.9%
Nuclear	1,988	2,107	-5.6%	1,998	-0.5%
Import from Iran	48	29	66.4%	48	0.0%
Mixed	0	0	-	0	-
Wind	445	549	-18.9%	516	-13.8%
Bagasse	53	40	32.6%	60	-11.7%
Solar	110	75	46.3%	118	-6.8%