| Abstract |
World’s community of Geothermalists report the advancement in geothermal developments of their respective countries to the IGA sponsored WGCs after each 5 five years’ period. These developments are reported within the background of overall energy situation during those five years, but Pakistan’s energy situation is a continuity of an energy crisis that goes back, well beyond two decades and cannot be delinked. Pakistan is a unique country that is very rich in Geothermal & all types of other Renewable Energy Resources plus conventional resources like Hydro, Coal, Oil & Gas; but she is still facing escalating shortages in its energy sector since the last two decades. Till 1980s, Pakistan remained among LICs (Low income Countries) & LDCs (Less Developed Countries), was suddenly burdened with millions of migrated refugees from neighboring Afghanistan due to Soviet Invasion in 1979. Again Pakistan was pushed to face involvement in war in its same neighborhood from a second super-power (US in 2001). Since then, a well-planned long guerilla proxy-war has been waged under a so-called “war-on-terrorism”, on its soil, that continues till today. Pakistan is a great country that is constantly facing (with very strong nerves), hostile nations in its East & West since 3.5 decades. A continuous combination of hot & cold wars that is longer than any wars in world history. So in general we do not blame our governments if they cannot develop its abundant rich energy & mineral resources. The electrical outages of Pakistan began to shape up into a crisis after 2008, when the gap between demand and production widen rapidly. A load-shedding solution system appeared from the Government to manage this crisis. Throughout the five years period, last outgoing “Democratic” government continued to distribute a shrinking power production to the people through this prescription of Load-Shedding. People and Industries were compelled to shift themselves to Generators, burning more and more imported Fossil Fuel. IPPs units also ran over the imported fuel only. Another enemy within the nation was also taking birth and it was the Genie of corruption. National Power Distribution Grid became a favorite target of electrical-thefts by the powerful corrupt mafia under the selfish umbrella of ruling 3-political parties’ coalition. Towers of National Electrical Grid remained a special target of foreign terrorist especially in Baluchistan. Till 2008 Pakistan’s actual total generation from combined resources (Hydro, Nuclear & Coal) was 19,951 MWe only, while the demand shoot up to near 30,000 MWe. Till 2012, due to financial constraints, not a single effort was made to increase the power production. However, for a sixty five years old ally (Pakistan), finally, US Aid program appeared in 2010-2011 with the funding facilities and many potential Hydro Projects lying in the Ministry of Water & Power’s planning shelves wake up to life especially in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa Province. |