N-energy’s contribution to grid rises to 17.4pc

With an operational generation capacity of 3,262 megawatts, Pakistan has increased the share of electricity from nuclear power plants to a record 17.4 per cent in 2023 from 16.2pc in 2022, according to the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) 2024. The report financed by German Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Heinrich Böll Foundation, the Greens-EFA Group in the European Parliament, and the Swiss Renewable Energy Foundation has noted that the United States leads the 32 nuclear power producing nations with 96,952MW of operational capacity, followed by France with 61,370MW and China with 54,152MW. Russia, the first country to connect nuclear power to the grid in 1954 lags far behind at 26,802MW of operating capacity and still stands at 4th position followed by South Korea at 25,185MW.