ENERGY CRISIS IN PAKISTAN AND NEED FOR ALTERNATE RESOURCES
Nuclear
Advantages
Australia 1,074,000-30%
Kazakhstan 622,000-17%
Canada 439,000-12%
South Africa 298,000-8%
Namibia 213,000-6%
Brazil 143,000-4%
Russian Fed. 158,000-4%
USA 102,000-3%
Uzbekistan 93,000-3%
World total 3,537,000
Source: Uranium Information Center, 9/05
Disadvantages
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Hydro
Advantages
Disadvantages
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Wind
Top Nine Suppliers of Wind Turbine Equipment
Company-Country-Market Share
Vestas-Denmark-34.1%
Gamesa-Spain-18.1%
Enercon-Germany-15.8%
GE Wind – a division of General Electric U.S.A. 11.3%
Siemens-Germany-6.2%
Suzlon-India-3.9%
Repower-Germany-2.8%
Mitsubishi-Japan-2.6%
Ecotecnia-Spain-2.6%
Nordex-Germany-2.3%
Source: www.Earthscan.co.uk, 8/18/05
Advantages
■ It is a clean, renewable energy source.
to an electricity grid system.
Disadvantages
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Solar
Advantages
■ The process used to generate solar energy is emission-free.
Disadvantages
The Essay on Pros/Cons, Advantages/disadvantages Of Nuclear Energy/fossil Fuels
Much of the worlds energy is produced from Uranium. This energy is commonly referred to as “nuclear energy” because uranium reacts in nuclear reactors to form heat. When fossil fuels are used for heat, they are just simply burned instead of reacted, so they create only mediocre amounts of heat for the plant. Nuclear power is responsible fore over 11% of the worlds energy, without the ...
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and Japan for these types of companies.
Hydrogen
Ways to Generate Hydrogen
Source: Congressional Energy Report, 2004
Electricity Generation
Transportation
■ The high cost of fuel cells themselves.
Biomass
Biomass Electricity Generation
Biomass as a Substitute Fuel Source
Outlook
Pakistan is presently facing a serious energy crisis. Despite strong economic growth during the past decade and consequent rising demand for energy, no worthwhile steps have been taken to install new capacity for generation of the required energy sources. Now, the demand exceeds supply and hence “load-shedding” is a common phenomenon through frequent power shutdowns. Pakistan needs about 14000-15000MW electricity per day, and the demand is likely to rise to approximately 20,000 MW per day by 2010. Presently, it can produce about 11, 500 MW per day and thus there is a shortfall of about 3000-4000MW per day. This shortage is badly affecting industry, commerce and daily life of people.
All possible measures need to be adopted, i.e., to conserve energy at all levels, and use all available sources to enhance production of energy. It seems that the government is considering importing energy from Iran and Central Asian Republics and using indigenous sources, such as, hydel, coal, waste, wind, and solar power, as well as other alternate and renewable energy sources, besides nuclear power plants for production of energy. Needless to say that if the country wishes to continue its economic development and improve the quality of life of its people, it has to make serious efforts towards framing a coherent energy policy.