NATURAL RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN

part 2:Power Resources

Lecturer 8
Learning objectives
• Power Resources of Pakistan
• Power energy resources
POWER RESOURCES
• Power means ability and capacity to do something specific to human
ability, capacity and something resorted to in time of need as a means
is called power resources. The important power resources are:
• Coal
• Hydro
• Thermal
• Nuclear
Coal
Hydro
POWER AND ENERGY RESOURCES
• Thermo electric power
Electricity is a flexible form of energy that can be easily converted into
heat, light or sound energy. Electricity that is generated by non-
renewable resources like oil, coal, gas nuclear fuel is called “ thermal
electricity”.
POWER AND ENERGY RESOURCES
• WAPDA
• K-Electric
• Nuclear Power
• Hydroelectric Power
MAJOR DAMS OF HYDRO ELECTRIC
POWER
• Mangla dam
• Tarbala dam
• Bhasha and kala bagh dam
• Ghazi brotha
• Warsk dam