Solutions for energy crisis

[RadioactiveFriends]

The issue of energy shortage is not going to go away in a short span of time because of the non-seriousness in construction of big dams.
Currently, we are adopting various short term solutions but this is not the answer to the issue.
The picture looks gloomier when the increase in demand over the next five years is taken into account, with no investment made in building of big dams.
The situation demands an urgent decision.
There should be more emphasis on renewable resources but conventional hydro, thermal and coal fired power plants should be established in the short to medium run.
The strategy should be to explore indigenous local resources.
For example, furnace oil plants are best suited in Karachi where the port and refinery facilities are available.
Gas plants to be installed in Baluchistan, Sind and KPK near to existing gas fields.
KPK should explore medium, small and micro sized hydro projects.
Sind must use its coal reserves.
Wind turbines to be installed in coastal belt, and Punjab must explore bio-gas and city waste plants.

We should borrow and purchase the technology from US and Europe to manufacture various power plants.
For example, if we start building 1-3 KW micro hydro, wind or solar power plants in Pakistan it would be sufficient to provide energy to one home and we can sell electricity to individual families at low installments.
The cost will be recovered in utility bills.
The IPP and captive power plants should be allowed to import furnace oil duty free.
This way the existing power plants will become operational.
Then Pakistan should look for nuclear energy possibilities.
Pakistan is one of the seven countries in the world who has an indigenous capability to operate the nuclear power plant for the last forty years.
Pakistan should look for all alternatives to increase its electrical energy production by 10,000 MW in two years.

Besides generating more energy, one easy option for all energy users is to conserve energy.
A dedicated campaign of energy conservation is needed to spread the awareness of energy conservation programs.
In many countries, people on voluntary basis adopted easy ways to save energy and have achieved up to 20 percent savings in energy.
We can study the behaviours of modern nations and can adopt the same strategies to conserve energy.
Generally major energy consumers have little or no awareness of energy saving procedures. (The Nation)

 

[C130]

coal.

 

[black-hawk_101]

I think Pakistan should work on Thorium based reactors and allow investment from friendly countries to work together.

 

[Fracker]

Only 1 Fusion Power Reactor should be good enough to solve all the Pakisttani Energy tproblem.

@Topic already two big dams, Diameer 4.5 GW, Bhasha 3.5 GW already under construction, with some Medium dams Plants Neelam Jehlam, Gomal Zam Dam, Mirani Dam, Sabakazai dam, Satpara dam, and also some hyderal projects like Dasu, Allai Khwar, Khan Khwar, Jinnah, and 100s of small dams under construction. . Yes, Kalabagh dam also need to be build but all other province should take part in approving this dam, PML-N govt in 1997 gave pretty good solutions which was rejected by other provinces and label them as Punjabi rulers. So, don't expect them to do anything on this front.

On the top, there are many solar, coal, nuclear, Wind projects approved or under construction. So stop crying, go get educate yourself about Pakistani Energy crisis related projects.

I do want them to speed up, but We Pakistanis are way too lazy, can't expect much

 

[abbasalai]

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