LAHORE: The increasing usage of the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) systems in Pakistan are consuming about 2000MW of electricity on recharge, revealed Renewable and Alternate Energy Association Pakistan (REAP) President Muhammad Naseer.
In an interview, he said that the sub-standard electronic equipment and home appliances are also a major source of power wastage, which direly needed rectifying measures by paying a greater attention towards exploiting alternate energy resources as well as focusing seriously on energy conservation.
Naseer urged the government to allocate funds in the upcoming federal budget 2015-16 for promotion of alternate energy resources, besides formulating an investor-friendly policy in this regard.
The REAP President said that according to some estimates, Pakistan’s electricity demand would surge up to 49,000MW by year 2025, and at present, country’s 67 percent population had the electricity facility.
He said that Thar Desert alone had 175 billion tonnes of coal reserves worth $30 trillion and it could generate 100,000MW power annually for 500 years, and increased dependence on coal-fired electricity generation would also save country’s furnace oil import bill of USD 20 billion in power sector.
