Electricity crisis in pakistan pdf

We cannot guarantee that every book is in the library. The book presents a detailed analysis of the nature and the implications of the ongoing energy crisis in Pakistan. In this regard the role of pertinent stakeholders has been critically reflected upon.

Highlighting the key strengths of the national energy base, solutions have been suggested to achieve a sustainable energy future for the country. It is a most vital instrument of the socio-economic development of a country. Energy is a very important factor in the production process. Energy is pivotal in running machinery in factories and industrial units, for lighting our cities and powering our vehicles etc. There has been enormous increase in the demand of energy due to the massive industrialization and rapid population growth in comparison to the enhancement in the supply of energy production.

Supply of energy is, therefore, far less than the actual demand, resultantly crisis has emerged. An energy crisis can be defined as any great bottleneck or price rise in the supply of energy resources to an economy. With the evolution of civilizations, the human demand for energy has continuously increased.

At present, the key factor which drives the growth in energy demand include increasing human population, modernization and urbanization. According to the united nations , the world population 6. Dinner, Poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy and environmental degradation are the most important challenges faced by the world.

Poor and inadequate access to secure an affordable means of energy in one of the crucial factors behind these issues. Electricity for example is vital for providing basic social services such as education and health, water supply and purification, sanitation, and refrigeration of essential medicines.

Electricity is of course, very helpful in supporting a wide range of income generation opportunities. The leading countries in the world in terms of population without access to electricity include India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Congo, Ethiopia, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Kenya. Pakistan is suffering from an acute energy crisis, with an electricity shortfall of approximately 5, megawatts per day. This shortfall reflects years of underinvestment and partly implemented reforms.

With supply failing to maintain pace with increased demand, Pakistan must pay increasing amounts for expensive energy imports. Its energy problems have domestic, regional, and, arguably, global implications.

This report identifies key causes of the problem and considers how Pakistan could employ energy relationships with other countries to try to better address the situation. How Pakistan pursues its regional energy options to address its domestic energy challenges, and how the world chooses to respond to these decisions, will either increase potentially destabilizing geopolitical competition among regional actors or contribute to new collaboration, strengthening regional ties.

Liquid biofuel industry in Pakistan may become a promising source for saving our foreign exchange and environment. Currently, bioethanol production is dependent on cane molasses, a product of sugar industry. Agreements of mega projects. Explorations of more oil, gas and coal reserves.

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In the same month the government packed up 6, MW of large coal-powered projects in Gadani, Balochistan province. An energy expert working within the government, who requested to remain anonymous, said the Chinese government were never interested in the Gadani projects but wanted to develop the Gwadar port in Balochistan.

In early February work on another MW Chinese-backed coal powered projects in Punjab came to a halt. The dam will divert water from the River Neelum through a tunnel underneath the River Jhelum. The Jhelum rivers flows from India into Pakistan and the delay, said Bengali, will enable India to finish building hydropower dams on its section of the river first and claim prior user rights over Pakistan , as agreed under the Indus Water Treaty signed by both countries.

Hydropower projects take longer and are more expensive to build in the short term, but provide cheaper energy in the long run. The government also saves money by buying old technology Chinese companies have discarded under pressure to clean up smog in their own country. Coal projects also provide more opportunities for kick-backs for the government than hydropower dams. If Pakistan builds three or four big dams, all its energy woes would be over, argued Dhindsa.

But there are real questions whether Pakistan will have enough water in the future to produce hydropower. And this is where the real problem lies, said Kugelman of the Wilson Centre. He said the proposed gas pipeline with Iran lacked funding; whenever large dams were proposed there was too much pushback from environmental activists and NGOs; and Pakistan lacks the technological capacity to exploit its untouched coal reserves.

Reliance on oil and gas has led to high electricity prices for consumers. The Sharif government is now hoping to expand clean solar and wind energy to generate electricity more cheaply.

But renewable energy is unlikely to play a major role in energy production in the near future. He believes Pakistan can generate about 1, MW of energy from wind and solar projects by — although given that Pakistan has infinite sources of both sun and wind it should be able to generate much more. Three wind energy projects of 50 MW each have already started supplying electricity to the national grid, with another MW of projects in the pipeline, Shahid said.

There are still major regulatory obstacles. The story is of great substance and reflects the realistic situation.

Unfortunately, hard times are yet to come, and the government remains indifferent and insensitive. As an example, the cash-strapped Neelum Jhelum project has not been released any funds during last eight months, and its commissioning is likely to be delayed further.

Focus of the government is on adding power generation capacity. Nothing substantial is being done about strengthening transmission network, which is old, inefficient and inadequate. There are many other dimensions to the prevalent energy crisis that are not being addressed earnestly. Hussain Siddiqui. Hussain Sb.