ISLAMABAD: The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) hydel power stations contributed about 31.88 billion units of low-cost hydel electricity to the national grid in 2015, with 0.66 per cent growth over the previous year.
The official sources told APP that 208.75 million more hydel units were generated as compared to last year (2014). They said as many as 2.95 billion units were delivered to the national grid system during the first two months of the current year (January and February 2016) registering increase of 8.78 per cent units. This increased generation was achieved due to better hydrological condition and efficient operation and maintenance of hydel power stations, they said.
It is worth mentioning that Wapda delivers more than 31 billion units of hydel electricity to the national grid every year on the average. Hydel is the cheapest, cleanest and environment-friendly source of electricity generation, which plays a pivotal role to stabilise electricity tariff in the country.
It is pertinent to mention that hydel power generation capacity of Wapda stands at about 6902 MW – about one third of the total installed capacity in the country. It is a matter of great satisfaction that despite some of Wapda hydel power stations being as old as 50 years, their generation capacity has stayed intact due to their proper maintenance and efficient operation by the authority.
