Investment Opportunities
Pakistan is rich in natural resources and has the capacity to become
self-sufficient in energy having huge sedimentary basins stretching over
825,000 sq. kms, offering immense potential for exploration and
development of the local natural resources with an exploration success
ratio of 1 : 3.5
Petroleum Exploration & Production
The Govt. has chalked out a more investor friendly petroleum exploration
& production policy offering unprecedented incentives for accelerating
exploratory and production efforts.
Electric Power Generation
Pakistan has much potential for Electric Power Generation and greater
role is being assigned to natural gas and coal. The Government of
Pakistan has started a coal development programme aimed at developing
infrastructure in the coal fields to meet a sizable portion of future
power demand through coal based power generation.
The Country’s energy demand is expected to grow at 4.8% per annum till
the end of the current decade. The need exists for a sustained growth in
energy supply and infrastructure capacity of 7 – 8 % per year to support
Country’s GDP growth.
Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
Enormous investment opportunities for the IPPs exist in the Hydro Power
generation plants, in which the potential is estimated at about 40,000
MW, out of which the economic Hydel Power Potential is around 20,000 MW.
The existing hydel capacity in operation is 5,010 MW.
Alternative Energy
Exploration and utilization of alternate sources of energy has also been
started in the Country. Pakistan’s geographic location makes it ideal to
harness unlimited solar energy. During the last two decades, Pakistan
has developed its potential in photovoltaics (PV). This technology is
particularly suitable for small power requirements and remote area
applications such as remote telecommunication exchanges.
Wind Power
The Govt. has formed ALTERNATIVE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT BOARD “AEDB” to
explore alternative energy sources to electrify rural areas. Pakistan
has 1,046 Km long costal line where speed of wind is quite favorable for
producing electricity. Pakistan has a potential of almost 50,000 MW WIND
POWER, which could produce cheap electricity and reduce production cost
for the cottage industry in the rural areas.