Environmental friendly solar energy in Pakistan's scenario

Pakistan’s progress in solar PV based energy generation

“…The government level initiatives are now in a take off position and it is high time for the private sector to contribute in disseminating this technology at small scale levels. As discussed by [15] the private sector should contribute in spreading awareness among the people. The government must realize that by providing the policy and regulatory framework for rural renewable energy similar to China and India [25], will further boost the use of solar PV in Pakistan.…”

“…The electricity demand growth is expected to be 5-6% over the next ten years, which demands the injection of new sources of electricity generation in addition to the already installed power plants. The conventional national energy reserves like gas and crude oil (30% requirement of oil is fulfilled by domestic oil rigs) are also at the edge of their limit as far as the confirmed reserves are concerned [15]. Energy consumption is directly related to the national progress.…”

Renewable energy deployment to combat energy crisis in Pakistan

“…Hence, the availability of biomass is very extensive particularly from agriculture and livestock sources, including crop residues and waste from animals. These wastes amount to 50,000 tons day −1 of solid waste, 225,000 tons day −1 of agricultural residue, and approximately 1 million tons day −1 of manure [26,52,53]. Due to limited access to grid electricity and advanced technologies in these remote areas, most people are powered using traditional practices to fulfill their energy needs [1,2].…”

“…In the view of present energy scenario, the government has authorized sugar mill owners to sell their surplus power to the national grid station under the limits of 700 MW [50]. Moreover, urban areas produce large quantities of municipal waste which could possibly be digested to produce biogas, a renewable fuel further used to produce green electricity, heat, or as vehicle fuel and the digested substrate, commonly named digestate, and used as fertilizer in agriculture [13,52,56]. Figure 7 is added to explain working principles of biogas plant and applications of the produced products from the process.…”

Satellite Remote Sensing for Identification of Solar Potential Sites in Pakistan

“…This major saving is in construction. While both of the system will have almost same operational and maintenance cost [47,48]. Other reasons include the lack of awareness at institutional, investment and public level.…”