Utilization of rice husk and poultry wastes for renewable energy potential in Pakistan: An economic perspective

Ali, Ghaffar; Ali, Hassan; Bashir, Muhammad Hamid

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.03.014

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“…Pakistan ranks high in the world in terms of agricultural and industrial products, but energy problems still exist in the country due to a lack of sufficient measures by the government. However, the primary cause is associated with the government management measures, and Pakistan is also facing a severe energy crisis due to geopolitical uproar and a lack of interest [37][38][39]. Electricity is a key source of energy in the agricultural and industrial sector; it contributes almost 50% of Pakistan's economy.…”

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Investigating the Linkage between Economic Growth, Electricity Access, Energy Use, and Population Growth in Pakistan

Rehman

Zhang

2018

Applied Sciences

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Electricity is a versatile form of energy that plays a vital role in fulfilling the daily requirements of human life. The primary aim of this study was to investigate and explore the link between economic growth, electricity access, energy use, and population growth in Pakistan for the period 1990–2016. An autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration was applied to investigate the causality link between the study variables. These tests shed light on the long-run connection among the variables; further, the results revealed that the electricity access to the total population, electricity access to the urban population, energy usage, population growth, and urban population growth had a significant impact on economic growth, while the electricity access to the rural population and rural population growth had a negative impact on the economic growth in Pakistan. According to these findings, this study recommends that the government of Pakistan pay further attention to increasing its electricity production from different sources, including hydroelectric, solar, oil, and gas, and nuclear in order to fulfill the country’s demands.

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Investigating the Linkage between Economic Growth, Electricity Access, Energy Use, and Population Growth in Pakistan

Rehman

Zhang

2018

Applied Sciences

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“…Most people living in rural areas are deprived of electricity, and the maximum energy demand of every house is 50-100 W. The extension of transmission lines is impracticable and uneconomical for such a small load. Solar energy can help electrify these areas [45]. Thus, the project was initiated, and about 3000 solar home systems were installed in 49 villages of Thar Parker, Sindh.…”

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Infrastructure of Sustainable Energy Development in Pakistan: A Review

Kanwal

Khan

Rauf

2020

Journal of Modern Power Systems and Clean Energy

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Pakistan is an energy-resourceful country with vast and untapped renewable energy sources (RESs). The wind, solar, and biomass of the country are practically capable of ending a power sector collapse caused by demand-supply variances. A significant percentage of Pakistan' s population resides in rural areas. For rural population, the lack of connection to the mainstream of national development is a direct consequence of frequent power blackouts and, in certain cases, a lack of grid connection altogether. Lucrative features of smart grid are not fully incorporated into the power network yet, but policy-makers are paying attention to increase RES reliance. A comprehensive study describing the renewable energy potential of Pakistan is of importance. This research work attempts to present a collective summary of Pakistan' s renewable energy potential. A statistical analysis of the proposed and installed projects in various districts are presented. This paper elaborates the pressing needs of renewable energy integration for resolving Pakistan' s energy crisis. Renewable energy projects are acclaimed in this paper for affording higher living standards and better job opportunities than the fossil fuel based industry in Pakistan. Integrating RESs into the national portfolio is guaranteed to offer profound socio-economic benefits to Pakistan' s rural population.

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“…The most popular biochemical conversion technology is anaerobic digestion, which describes a chain process of biological reactions in a low-oxygen environment transforming organic biomass into biogas [10,34]. The main contents of biogas are methane with 55-80% and carbon dioxide with 20-45%, while other gases as impurities and the remains of the anaerobic biomass are also produced [33,35].…”

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Biomass-fired combined cooling, heating and power for small scale applications – A review

Wegener

Malmquist

Isalgué³

et al. 2018

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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The growing demand for energy and the accelerating threats from climate change call for innovative and sustainable solutions to decrease dependency on fossil fuels. Biomass-based, small-scale Combined Cooling, Heating and Power (CCHP) systems are one of these solutions, because they can satisfy the energy demands of the consumer with enhanced flexibility, lower losses, less costs and less environmental pollution as compared to centralized facilities. Due to recent advances in several scientific subfields with relevance to small-scale CCHP, a rapidly increasing amount of literature is now available. Therefore, a structural overview is essential for engineers and researchers. This paper presents a review of the current investigations in small-scale CCHP systems covering biomass-fired concepts and solar extensions. To this end, critical system components are described and analysed according to their specific advantages and drawbacks. Recent case studies have been collected and key findings are highlighted according to each type of prime mover. The results indicate a scientific bias towards the economic viability of such systems and the need for real-life and experiment system data. However, the potential of biomass-fired CCHP systems and of such systems with solar extensions has clearly been recognised. Based on the results, future policy implementations should focus on fostering such systems in areas with high energy costs and to increase energy resilience in developed regions. Additionally research and industry applying novel prime mover technologies should be financially supported.

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Utilization of rice husk and poultry wastes for renewable energy potential in Pakistan: An economic perspective

Cited by 51 publications

References 28 publications

Investigating the Linkage between Economic Growth, Electricity Access, Energy Use, and Population Growth in Pakistan

Investigating the Linkage between Economic Growth, Electricity Access, Energy Use, and Population Growth in Pakistan

Infrastructure of Sustainable Energy Development in Pakistan: A Review

Biomass-fired combined cooling, heating and power for small scale applications – A review

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