2,036 MW power to be added to nat’l grid this year

The seven under-construction power plants would go on operation for generating 2,036 megawatt (MW) electricity this year and the country would get 13,301 MW electricity. With the new power production, the government is expecting to generate 13,301MW power at the end of this year, which would bring 68 per cent of people under electricity across the country, according to a Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry source. The source said presently, the country's power plants produce 11,265 MW electricity. Besides, the government has a target to generate 20,000 MW electricity by using 53 per cent coal as primary energy within "Vision 2021." Currently power plants have been using 41 per cent natural gas as primary energy in the power sector in the country.     — BSS