The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel
Pakistan is experiencing an undersupply of electricity, causing load shedding several hours per day due to the adherence to conventional energy resources having quantitative and environmental limitations. Fossil fuels generate more than half of the country’s total electricity, but they wil...
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| author | Wajahat Ullah Khan Tareen Zuha Anjum Nabila Yasin Leenah Siddiqui Ifzana Farhat Suheel Abdullah Malik Saad Mekhilef Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian Ben Horan Mohamed Darwish Muhammad Aamir Leong Wen Chek |
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| description | Pakistan is experiencing an undersupply of electricity, causing load shedding several hours per day due to the adherence to conventional energy resources having quantitative and environmental limitations. Fossil fuels generate more than half of the country’s total electricity, but they will ultimately run out due to their limited supply. Their combustion emits greenhouse gases, posing environmental threats. Since the world is tending toward efficient and sustainable alternative methods for harvesting energy from nature, Pakistan has also been investigating an elevated deployment of renewable energy projects. This paper presents a critical analysis of the present energy sector of Pakistan along with global scenarios. Pakistan relies on mainly thermal, hydro, and nuclear energy for power generation. National solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass resources have not been extensively explored and implemented. This paper provides an insight into the potential of these resources in Pakistan to generate electricity for the national grid on a large scale. It focuses on biomass energy, which can be harnessed from bagasse, poultry waste, and municipal waste for power production, and biomass-based fuel for industries and transportation. It concludes that biomass is the most sustainable, available, implementable, and environment-friendly resource that can be utilized to lessen the energy demand and supply gap in Pakistan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd620f25e39a466aa450486b34deb4c12022-12-22T02:56:47ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-09-01119243110.3390/en11092431en11092431The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial FuelWajahat Ullah Khan Tareen0Zuha Anjum1Nabila Yasin2Leenah Siddiqui3Ifzana Farhat4Suheel Abdullah Malik5Saad Mekhilef6Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian7Ben Horan8Mohamed Darwish9Muhammad Aamir10Leong Wen Chek11Department of Electrical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanDepartment of Electrical Engineering, International Islamic University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanPower Electronics and Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaSchool of Software and Electrical Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC 3122, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, VIC 3216, AustraliaElectronic and Computer Engineering, Brunel University London, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, UKDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Bahria University, Islamabad 44000, PakistanPower Electronics and Renewable Energy Research Laboratory (PEARL), Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, MalaysiaPakistan is experiencing an undersupply of electricity, causing load shedding several hours per day due to the adherence to conventional energy resources having quantitative and environmental limitations. Fossil fuels generate more than half of the country’s total electricity, but they will ultimately run out due to their limited supply. Their combustion emits greenhouse gases, posing environmental threats. Since the world is tending toward efficient and sustainable alternative methods for harvesting energy from nature, Pakistan has also been investigating an elevated deployment of renewable energy projects. This paper presents a critical analysis of the present energy sector of Pakistan along with global scenarios. Pakistan relies on mainly thermal, hydro, and nuclear energy for power generation. National solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass resources have not been extensively explored and implemented. This paper provides an insight into the potential of these resources in Pakistan to generate electricity for the national grid on a large scale. It focuses on biomass energy, which can be harnessed from bagasse, poultry waste, and municipal waste for power production, and biomass-based fuel for industries and transportation. It concludes that biomass is the most sustainable, available, implementable, and environment-friendly resource that can be utilized to lessen the energy demand and supply gap in Pakistan.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/9/2431electricity generationenergy crisisrenewable energy sourcestransportationbiomass energybiofuels |
| spellingShingle | Wajahat Ullah Khan Tareen Zuha Anjum Nabila Yasin Leenah Siddiqui Ifzana Farhat Suheel Abdullah Malik Saad Mekhilef Mehdi Seyedmahmoudian Ben Horan Mohamed Darwish Muhammad Aamir Leong Wen Chek The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel Energies electricity generation energy crisis renewable energy sources transportation biomass energy biofuels |
| title | The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel |
| title_full | The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel |
| title_fullStr | The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel |
| title_short | The Prospective Non-Conventional Alternate and Renewable Energy Sources in Pakistan—A Focus on Biomass Energy for Power Generation, Transportation, and Industrial Fuel |
| title_sort | prospective non conventional alternate and renewable energy sources in pakistan a focus on biomass energy for power generation transportation and industrial fuel |
| topic | electricity generation energy crisis renewable energy sources transportation biomass energy biofuels |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/9/2431 |
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