Solar Energy in Pakistan

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Submitted to: Muhammad Irfan Nadeem

Submitted by: Sayed Zohaib Hussain (1601002)

Waseem Haider (1601022)

Umair Nawaz (1601005)

Atif Haroon (1601004)

Nasarullah Mazari (1601003)

 Abstract
The goal of the report is to consider the points of interest and utilization cost of the
sun controlled vitality in Pakistan. Sun situated essentialness gives an alternative,
yet conservative, imperativeness resource for the growing enthusiasm of verve in
Pakistan. The investigation hopes to give a proactive measure to decide the
potential essentialness issue within the near future by using feasible power source
advancement. This report likewise intends to feature the key endeavors and the
extension of bridled particularly sun based vitality super tasks which the
administration has begun to start of late.
Table of Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Background ..................................................................................................................................... 4
Advantages of Using Harnessed Energy......................................................................................... 5
Environment Friendly ................................................................................................................. 5
Renewable Source ....................................................................................................................... 5
Solar Energy projects in Pakistan ................................................................................................... 6
Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park ........................................................................................................... 6
Parliament House .................................................................................................................... 7
Fatima Jinnah Park .................................................................................................................. 8
Conclusion ...................................................................................................................................... 8
References ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Introduction
The request and supply of vitality for a financially dubious nation like Pakistan
should be equivalent if not tilted on the supply side but rather shockingly it is other
path around. The informal registration reports of 2017 propose that the nation has
crossed 200 million check as far as general populace. As a net essentialness
shipper, standing up to honest to goodness vitality insufficiencies, Pakistan needs
to move to an upheld advance towards supportable power source using its
bounteous indigenous resources. Starting late, governments have been raising
economical power source to diminish the country's dependence on any single
source to help lighten against supply unsettling influences and esteem changes,
make occupations and reduce social uniqueness and nursery releases. Pakistan has
in like manner promised movement under the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change. As showed by the Alternative Energy Board, Pakistan gets
daylight based light of around 2MWh/m2 and 3000 hours of sunshine a year,
which is and no more shocking end of sun situated insurance midpoints. Different
exercises at the full scale level the country over are in advance like the Quaid-e-
Azam Solar stop in Bahawalpur, one of the greatest of its kind covering an area of
around 50 global estimated football fields and with a yield up to 1000MW of
energy.

Background
The typical deficiency in the power zone is 4 Gigawatts which vacillates as
indicated by the climate guise, and around two billion cubic feet for consistently in
the combustible gas section. The shortage in the power territory can rise to around
7.5 GW or 31% of total enthusiasm for control. Never-ending power lack, as load-
shedding and power outages, cost the Pakistan economy Rs14 billion (7.5% of
GDP) a year prior. More than 141 million Pakistanis either have no path to the
power structure or continue on through more than 13 to 15 hours of load-shedding
well ordered. Pakistanis who don't approach the cross area are every now and again
poorer than those on the lattice. Then, family control usage has created at an
ordinary annualy rate of 11% annually. 0.5 Million families are influenced with
joblessness as associations have been constrained to shut down in light of
imperativeness lacks.
Advantages of Using Harnessed Energy

Environment Friendly
A couple of analysts were by then getting the opportunity to be doubtlessly
stressed over the vapor from consuming of the non-sustainable power source. They
started making trademark imperativeness sources including sun controlled
essentialness, hydroelectric essentialness, and geothermal essentialness. What is by
and by thought of as economic power source has been used by human? The present
eagerness for the feasible power source is from every angle the new applications
and outfit of the old advancement, rather than "re-create of the wheel". What are to
a great degree new in the present maintainable power source is the coordination of
amassing advancement and nanotechnology into the age of essentialness. Daylight
based cells, wind power, and biofuels are through and through benefit by the
movement of advancement.

Renewable Source
Tackled vitality is a manageable wellspring of imperativeness as it can be used to
convey control as long as the sun exists. Light happens regularly. For whatever
time span that we are alive, we are constantly going to see the sun, which suggests
it is wearisome. It can be handled by presenting sun fueled sheets that can decrease
our dependence on various countries for unsurprising supply of coal to convey
control. This makes it an appealing imperativeness prospect for most countries that
are planning to go absolutely green later on. Be that as it may, light based centrality
can't be passed on amidst night and overcast days yet rather it can be utilized over
and over amidst day time. Sun orchestrated centrality from sun is reliable and
unfaltering force source and can be utilized to deal with control even in remote
zones.
Solar Energy projects in Pakistan
While sustainable power source is making a vital commitment to the vitality and
natural scenes of numerous nations both in the created and creating world, Pakistan
has been to a great degree moderate in profiting by it. Indeed, even other South
Asian nations have gained huge ground in sustainable power source.
Comparatively, while India is among the main nations on the planet as far as both
sunlight based and wind control, Bangladesh has more than two million
frameworks introduced in the private division alone. At the little scale level, there
have been far reaching plans of action managing advancements like sun oriented
home frameworks, collective heavenly bodies, biogas plants and enhanced cooking
stoves. These achievements have been cultivated by solid open and private-area
support and institutional improvement.
The implementation pf solar energy in Pakistan is geographically and climatically
feasible Pakistan receiving about 300 sunny days in a year. Meanwhile, the day
time is extremely long in the summer time that is about 13 hours out 24 hours.
Even in the winter, the daytime still spans from 7:00am to 5:00pm. The average
temperature in the summer is above 128.5 F and it is around 88 F in winter
However there are certain landmarks which Pakistan has been able to achieve in
the recent year. Few of the most prominent initiatives and projects are discussed as
under.

Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park

The Quaid-e-Azam Solar power plant is a photovoltaic power station a work in
progress in Bahawalpur district of Pakistan, it was named after the father of the
nation Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Once totally completed it will be
able to make 1 GW. The underlying 0.1 GW were charged in May 2015, and
completed by Tebian Electric Apparatus, a reinforcement of Xinjiang Sun Oasis.
The remaining 0.9 GW utmost will be presented by china private company named
Zonergy under the CPEC” China Pakistan Economic corridor” project. Carbon
surges are depended upon to be 90.75k tons for consistently not precisely if the
1GW of energy were made by standard oil based good sources. Another 300 MW
were related with the system in June 2016. It is required to be completely finished
before the finish of 2018. It made the headlines because of its enormous size and
with the production capacity of about 1000 MWs. The project was designed to be
completed in different phases.
However, last year there were speculations that the feasibility analysis before the
project was officially initiated had not properly taken place and hence the word
was that the climate of Bahawalpur is not suitable for producing the energy as
anticipated. Nevertheless, these concerns were addressed by the Chief Minister of
Punjab in a detailed press conference. The CM rehashed that the sun controlled
wander is slated to convey a typical of 18 to 20 megawatts of essentialness, while
it is prepared for making more than 79 to 86 megawatts in the midst of the day
time. In the light of these factual information focuses, he said that the Central
Power Purchase Authority has yielded that an ordinary of 80.5 megawatt control is
being made through the Quaid-e-Azam Solar Park. The CM by then tended to
stresses over the cost of the endeavor and said that instead of standard feeling that
the wander had been done at Rs 13.5 billion, including the obligation, and not Rs
18 billion. He claimed that its EPC budget including charge comes to 134 million
US dollor.

Parliament House
Pakistan's parliament is right now the essential parliament on the planet to be
completely controlled by sun arranged vitality. Speaker proclaimed that the sun
based sheets in the house deliver 80 MW of energy, 62 MW of which are eaten up
by the National Assembly and 18 MW are added to the national lattice. The
daylight based wander was impelled by Chinese President and Pakistani Prime
Minister in the midst of the past's visit to Pakistan a year ago. Knesset, the Israeli
parliament furthermore makes its own sun fueled power yet only 10% of its
essentialness needs are met through sun based power.
Fatima Jinnah Park Islamabad
In an effort to lessen its reliance on carbon-based imperativeness, lights and
gardening tools at the Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad have will now manage
imperativeness gave by a broad sun controlled endeavor set up in the entertainment
focus. Regardless, the more noteworthy water pumps at the diversion center are in
all likelihood going to proceed with their reliance on the real power structure.
Called the Solar Lighting Project of F-9 Park, 3.5k sun fueled sheets have been
presented over a zone of around five areas of land inside the diversion focus. These
sheets would create 0.85 megawatts of vitality and have a go down office to offer
imperativeness to street lights, working environments of IMC “Islamabad
Metropolitan Corporation” and Capital Development Authority CDA arranged
among the amusement focus.

Conclusion
Given the economic prospects of Pakistan and with proportionately growing
population of the country, the energy demands are expected to go up with every
passing year. Pakistan has recently increased both local and foreign investment in
the harnessed energy sector but it is impeding in many regards. There needs to
increased efforts on part of government not only to increase the awareness among
the masses and also encourage more foreign investments in this regard to overall
curb the gap between the demand and supply of the country.
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https://www.dawn.com/news/1321527

https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2015/09/12/know-the-facts-before-criticising-quaid-e-
azam-solar-park/

www.dawn.com/news/1239167

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1264684/clean-energy-fatima-jinnah-park-goes-solar/