Afghanistan's aspirations for energy independence: Water resources and hydropower energy

Danish, Mir Sayed Shah; Senjyu, Tomonobu; Sabory, Najib Rahman; Danish, Sayed Mir Shah; Ludin, Gul Ahmad; Noorzad, Ahmad Samim; Yona, Atsushi

doi:10.1016/j.renene.2017.06.090

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“…This section aims to evaluate the energy policies within political constraints around the globe. Then the research efforts offer a conceptual framework for framing an energy policy within political transitions considering the sustainability dimensions along with energy accessibility, affordability, disparity, safety, security, use efficiency, supply and production efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impacts factors [30]. At last, this study underscores the need for consensus of all the associated factors, including the missing factors/research gaps over-arching point for a coherent energy policy with distinguishing of immediate political situations of a territory.…”

Section: Shaping Environmental Sustainability By Help Of Energy Strategy and Policymentioning

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A review on energy efficiency for pathetic environmental trends mitigation

Danish

Senjyu

Ahmadi

et al. 2021

J Sustainability Outreach

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Environmental sustainability and climate changes mitigation are linked with energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment. Whereas, renewable energy exploitation at large scale generation needs high initial investment, which is not achievable in short to medium terms, especially in developing countries. Therefore, energy efficiency measures as a good alternative for environmental sustainability are the researchers' interest to evaluate its potential from individual energy consumers to utilityscale (generation, transmission, and distribution). Referring to literature and the connection between the second law of thermodynamics and environmental impact, environmental effects are reduced due to low energy when energy efficiency increases. Therefore, assuring demanding efficiency, interrelations studies, and impact analysis of influential factors are known exigence. This study draws a thematic perspective that involves an exhaustive investigation, explaining the relationship between exergy, environment, and energy within optimum efficiency requirements. Also, this study deals with indicators and indices in adapt to energy and environmental demand to reveal the underlying fundamental impressing forces regarding efficiency improvement.

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Section: Shaping Environmental Sustainability By Help Of Energy Strategy and Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

A review on energy efficiency for pathetic environmental trends mitigation

Danish

Senjyu

Ahmadi

et al. 2021

J Sustainability Outreach

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“…The most important criteria for sustainable energy production and consumption are accessibility, affordability, disparity, safety, use efficiency, supply and production efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and environmental impacts on air, water, and soil quality [16]. The concept of sustainable energy development has been introduced based on these pillars, which are discussed in detail [17,18]: ensure self-sufficiency, the available primary natural resources need to be transforming to the secondary (useful) form of resources, which needs customized technologies and expertise that can be attained with the help of national and international collaborations.…”

Section: Adaption Of the Sustainability Pillars In The Context Of Rural Communitiesmentioning

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Developing nations as a foremost allotment for achieving 2030 SDGs - A case study

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Afghanistan endows enormous renewable and nonrenewable resources as a primary impetus for development of energy and agriculture. The percentage of the population whose access to the essential daily necessities for having a healthy life is among the lowest in the world. This dilemma chiefly refers to the rural and remote communities in Afghanistan. In terms of rural societies, sustainable development is a decision-making strategy that balances social, economic, technical, institutional, and environmental aspects that assures the present needs of humankind, considering the future anticipation simultaneously. The concept developed in this study targets achieving the 2030 sustainable development goals (SDGs), which are appropriate for rural and remote residents' lifestyle change and improvement in Afghanistan. Setting measurable sustainability indicators is indispensable for the productive invention of a sustained plane for a sustainable rural community. This study proposes a sustainable mechanism for Afghanistan's rural development by confirming the 2030 sustainable development 17 Goals (SDGs). Among these SDGs, the designed framework (methodology) meets 11 goals directly and the rest of 6 goals indirectly. Besides, the proposed framework propounds a novel solution and involves all crucial segments of routine healthy life in rural Afghanistan. It consecrated criteria that fit the real-life anticipations and can lead the rural communities toward self-sufficiency for long-run sustainability. Based on the academic research and experts' judgment methods, overall analysis procedures can fit as an analogy, especially for other communities and developing countries as a pilot project. Keywords − Sustainable development goals (SDGs) − Developing nations − Rural empowerment − Socio-economic development − Micro-grid − Circular economy − Micro-economy theorem − SDGs adoption − Sustainable energy

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“…Reports indicate that only 30% of citizens of Afghanistan have access to electricity, and 80% of national electricity demands imports from neighboring countries [7]. While the rate of reliable electricity access is only between 10-15%, Afghanistan is listed among the lowest access countries in the world [8].…”

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Renewable energy potential for sustainable development in Afghanistan

Slimankhil

Anwarzai

Sabory

et al. 2020

J Sustain Energy Rev

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Afghanistan is one of the developing countries in South Asia with an enormous renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. Since 1893, utilization of secondary (modern) form of energy in Afghanistan has been pursued. The trends of sustainable energy provision have been reinforced after the post-conflicts in Afghanistan. The Sustainable Development Goal-7 (affordable and clean energy access) encourages nations to assess their resource development of renewable, affordable, and accessible energy. Unlike many developing countries that struggle to identify domestic sources of clean, sustainable energy, Afghanistan has hydro, solar, wind, and geothermal resources as assets. This literature review analyzes Afghanistan’s potential for renewable energy to identify obstacles and challenges like security, economics, and technology. Using surveys conducted by national and international organizations. This research evaluates Afghanistan’s progress in meeting SDG-7, identifies the main barriers for renewable energy development, and offers recommended solutions. This study reveals the facts of energy sector development in Afghanistan to enable students, researchers, and practitioners with an overview of the current situation and future direction of the energy sector. Also, this study offers a concise outlook for energy sector investors and donors at the national and international stages.

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Afghanistan's aspirations for energy independence: Water resources and hydropower energy

Cited by 41 publications

References 4 publications

A review on energy efficiency for pathetic environmental trends mitigation

A review on energy efficiency for pathetic environmental trends mitigation

Developing nations as a foremost allotment for achieving 2030 SDGs - A case study

Renewable energy potential for sustainable development in Afghanistan

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