Power generation in the country fell 4.5 per cent year-on-year to 113.6 billion units (MU) in September, recording the second straight month when electricity produced was less than the corresponding period in 2018.
Conventional power plants, which generate nearly 91 per cent of the country’s electricity, produced 3.3 per cent less power y-o-y in September. Renewable energy sources decreased their generation by 17 per cent in the same month to 8.9 BU, inspite of a rise in its installed capacity.
