The real life scenario for diffusion of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in Pakistan – Lessons learned through the pilot field study under physical community

Shah, Asif Ali; Rashidi, Roshan S.; Bhutto, Arabella; Shah, Ambreen

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2011.01.017

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“…• Public sector organization like Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technology and Alternative Energy Development Board, responsible for promotion and dissemination of renewable technologies in the country are not efficient and also do not have the capacity to reach remote areas thoroughly. The linkages among various such organization and other stakeholders like farmers and local governments are very weak Shah et al (2011). As a result the dissemination of solar thermal technologies like dryers is limited to few places only.…”

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Solar Dryer for Large/Medium Scale Ripening and Drying of Dates; A Case Study of Dates Growing Area of Pakistan

Sultana¹,

Hussain²,

Farooq

et al. 2021

Pakistan Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research

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This study describe the design features and performance of the unglazed transpired solar dryer for large and medium scale drying of Dates in the Dates growing area of Pakistan. The dryer has the designed capacity to dry 500 Kg of Dates from Khalaal (70% humidity) to Tamar (25% humidity), at 55 C ± 5 C in 72 continuous hours using biomass furnace as an auxiliary heat source and it covers approximately 256 m2 areas. This is the ideal humidity condition to store Dates for one year without any further degradation. In traditional open sunshine the huge quantity of Dates are dried in over 150 h hours and requires hectare of area to spread the Dates. Moreover, the quality of Dates in the open sunshine is affected badly due to two main reasons. Firstly, the heavy dust in the area that sticks the Dates during the drying process makes them unable to eat. Secondly, the Monsoon rains in the months of July and August also destroys Dates placed in the open areas for drying. Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan, a remote district of Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa province of Pakistan, was selected to study the performance of Dates dryer, where solar insolation is 700-750 W/m2 in the months of July and August. The Dates were dried continuously and during off sunshine hours biomass auxiliary source was used. This solar dryer, containing eight trolleys and each trolley is loaded with twelve trays, is the first in Pakistan to dry a large amount of Dates. Moreover, the unglazed transpired dryer is designed in such a way that it can withstand the dusty atmosphere of D.I. Khan and also protect the Dates from dust and rainy water during the drying period. The design does not have any adverse effect on the quality of dried Dates. In D.I. Khan around 350 days are sunny per year and solar thermal technology is economically feasible compared to other conventional energy resources with a payback period of 3 and 7.5 years compared to un-subsided and subsided cost of Natural Gas respectively. The Natural Gas is the cheapest conventional energy source in Pakistan. But solar thermal technology is yet not popular source of energy in the area due to lack of information, fear of initial capital cost and weak government policies for renewable energies. This study also incorporates the recommendations to overcome these issues regarding Solar Thermal Technology, PACS Number: 44.40.+a, 89.30.Cc, 84.60.- h, 89.30.-g.

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Solar Dryer for Large/Medium Scale Ripening and Drying of Dates; A Case Study of Dates Growing Area of Pakistan

Sultana¹,

Hussain²,

Farooq

et al. 2021

Pakistan Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research

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“…Pakistan's energy sources are mainly conventional (68-70 %), such as oil, gas, and coal and this country does not use renewable energy sources to overcome the energy crisis [11]. Coal consumption in Pakistan has increased by more than 100 % from 2003 to 2008.…”

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“…Coal consumption in Pakistan has increased by more than 100 % from 2003 to 2008. Coal is mainly used in brick kiln industry, which also emits GHG . Pakistan is a coal‐rich country and is further investing on coal power plants to provide its large amount of energy from coal in future , .…”

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Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Gas, Oil, and Coal Power Plants in Pakistan by Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): A Review

2020

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The production of energy in Pakistan as a developing country mainly depends on consumption of fossil fuels, which are the main sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These emissions can be mitigated by implementing carbon capture and storage (CCS) in running plants. An overview of the current and future potentials of Pakistan for CCS is provided, indicating a great potential for this technology to capture CO 2 emissions. The amine CO 2 capture process as the most mature procedure is currently applied in many oil and gas companies in Pakistan, which can be employed to capture CO 2 from other industries as well. Pakistan has a great CO 2 storage potential in oil, gas, and coal fields and in saline aquifer as well as significant resources of Mg and Ca silicates suitable as feedstock in the carbon mineralization process. For further development and implementation of CCS technologies in Pakistan, economic and policy barriers as the main obstacles should be alleviated.

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“…The general purpose is the diffusion of RETs and to accomplish it, the key emphasis of the research eventually is to offer paths to organize all elements happening independently to come together and function as a separate entity (Shah et al 2011).…”

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“…To attain its energy requirements through renewable, satisfactory targets are set by Pakistan in their strategies. Also, Pakistan spends 3 Billion US dollars each year to bring in oil from other countries being a poor country and 1% is the annual increment ratio in this spending (Shah et. al, 2011).…”

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The Role of Raw Material Prices in Renewable Energy Diffusion

Nabi

Magsi

Ramakrishnan

et al. 2020

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The foremost need for countries especially Pakistan and other Asian countries is the hunt for renewable and alternative energy because the scarcity of energy is faced by many countries like Pakistan. There are a number of approaches seeking to demonstrate the diffusion of renewable energy technologies (RET). Learning and experience curves are the highest generally exercised instruments, followed by further economic, policy- and barrier-related analyses. The purpose of this study is to support research on the role of raw material prices specifically oil price and gas price on Renewable energy diffusion. Panel regression with fixed effects model is applied on data of 3 Asian countries namely Pakistan, India, and China for the period 1990 to 2012 gathered from World Bank and EIA (Energy Information Administration). The findings reveal that the model confirms an adequate fit and a very significant influence of oil prices on investments in renewable energy technology capacity whereas the insignificant influence of natural gas prices in a renewable energy technology capacity.

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The real life scenario for diffusion of renewable energy technologies (RETs) in Pakistan – Lessons learned through the pilot field study under physical community

Cited by 21 publications

References 4 publications

Solar Dryer for Large/Medium Scale Ripening and Drying of Dates; A Case Study of Dates Growing Area of Pakistan

Solar Dryer for Large/Medium Scale Ripening and Drying of Dates; A Case Study of Dates Growing Area of Pakistan

Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Gas, Oil, and Coal Power Plants in Pakistan by Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): A Review

The Role of Raw Material Prices in Renewable Energy Diffusion

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