Re: India offers Pak 5,000MW electricity
I know I know I have all the cost breakdowns from Thermal, Hydro, renewable nuclear, coal, wind blah blah you name it. But what you fail to undertsand is the best options that are available to pakistan at this time factoring in political and financial situation.
Here are the cost breakdowns from (2009)
1000MW Nuclear estimate cost $2B
1000MW Coal estimate cost 1.2B
1000MW natural Gas cost 1.4B
None of the above are viable options, who will pay for the fuel imports? you! Pakistans experiments with Solar, I don’t even want to get started on that.
factor in the operating cost, fuel etc more than offset its initial cost advantage. For pakistan in the long run Hydro is the best option with 46,000 MW to 65,000MW potential… No other technology of that magnitude is available to pakistan.
Only economically viable option to provide energy is through harnessing hydel-power. It is best suited for our unique set of circumstances and geography.
Bottom line… Pakistans Northern Areas are a gold mine for Hydro-power…
There are volumes on what options are available to pak, their pros and cons.. try google…