According to the Vision Statement of the Ministry of Water and Power, the development of power sector would be accelerated for sustainable economic growth and socio-economic prosperity of the country. "The vision of the Government of Pakistan is to double the generation capacity of the country- from the current 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW within the next ten years", the statement said. "We will initiate programmes and projects to add a minimum 20,000 MW by the year 2020", a senior official of the Ministry of Water and Power told APP. He said that the " 20,000 MW addition by 2020 programme " would comprise 6000 MW from hydro sources, 6000 MW from coal, 5000 MW from gas, 1000 MW from Naphtha and other indigenous fuels and the remaining 2000 MW from alternative energy resources especially solar and wind. He added that 6000 MW power from hydro-resources would in turn involve developing some run-of-river projects, which could be brought on line relatively quickly. The official said that the projects would include Tarbal IV Extension (960 MW), Suki Kinari (840 MW), Neelum Jhlum (960 MW) and Dasu (2200 MW in two stages. "There will be a special focus on smaller hydro power projects based on the extensive canal system in the agriculture heart land of the country and we will continue to work on the realization of the Diamer Basha Dam project in parallel which when complete will add another 4500 MW of hydro capacity ", he remarked. He added that Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gillani has recently inaugurated the project. He said that the proposed 6000 MW of coal-fired projects would primarily be based on indigenous coal. This, he said, would also be supplemented by some projects on imported coal. The official said that the country needed to develop its coal resources as urgently as possible, to not only save precious foreign exchange, but also to provide cheap power. There were specific projects being developed especially in Sindh province such as Badin block and Thar. The proposed 6000 MW of gas-fired generation will be based on domestic gas resources as well as imported gas i.e. LNG imports as well as through the proposed Iran-Pakistan pipeline, he added. He said that the gas from the proposed Mashal LNG project would be used entirely for power sector, and keeping in view its current volume it would help generate upto 3000 MW power. Additionally, he said, fields such as Kunar Pasakhi, Sinjhoro and various other discoveries would also be dedicated to power production. "These fields are estimated to yield at least 500 MMCFD gas from which up to additional 3000 MW power can be generated", he added. The official said that to reduce dependence on imported RFO, power generation based indigenously on Naphtha would be undertaken. "Power generation from Naphtha not only has a lower carbon foot-print but has a considerably low operating cost in comparison to RFO based plants. This will include new IPPs based on Naphtha in the public sector and conversion of some existing ones to Naphtha", he said. He said that use of Naphtha would also be a source of import substitution. For solar power generation, he said "we will focus on particular applications which have proven elsewhere to yield efficient benefits". He added that those included replacement of gas and electric water heaters with solar ones, and irrigation tube-wells with pumps based on solar energy. "Wind energy projects will be aggressively promoted to produce a minimum of 1000 MW power in next five years", he added. "We are committed to this capacity development ensuring low carbon emission. We will ensure to maximize efficiency gains - in generation plants and in transmission/distribution networks - as the first option to meet the supply demand gap", he said.