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Energy situation in Pakistan now and in the near future
According to IEA (International Energy Agency) Pakistan produced in 2011
sligtly less than half of its electricity by oil, major part of it imported, one third
came from natural gas, hydro nearly 15% and others less than 10%. In other
words, Pakistan relies much to fossil fuels to supply its electricity, hydro being only renewable resource. Pakistan's goal is to increase the use of renewable energies (other than hydro) to 5% by 2030. (Renewables in Pakistan 2012).
It can be believed that Pakistan can reach much more than that, because prices
for renewable energy have come down and most likely will continue to do so.
Government just does not seem to be very interested, it can be guessed that
mainly because high amount of capital is needed compared to fossil fuels and
also lack of information because renewables have traditionally been more expensive way to produce electricity than fossil fuels.
Figure 1: Share of fuels for electricity production
(International Energy Agency 2011)