| Author | Ansari, Irfan Ahmed |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no. ET-98-13 |
| Subject(s) | Electric power production--Pakistan--Economic aspects
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree
of Masters of Engineering, School of Environment, Resources and Development |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Pakistan is one of the developing countries of the world situated in the south Asian
region of the subcontinent. It has a total population of 135.28 million scattered over wide area
of 891940 sq.km. In the existing scientific world, the development of a nation is measured
with the per capita energy consumption of a country. According to good estimates, more than
79% of the country's population has no access to electricity.
As conventional sources of energy are fast depleting, rapid development of renewable
sources appear to be the only hope for a secure future. Pakistan is a solar rich country and one
of the most attractive teclmologies to be adopted for generation of the desired form of energy
is solar energy. As the investment constraints persist with the developing countries, an optimal
planning is a dire necessity. The planning of energy projects requires a complete teclmoeconomic analysis of the options to be adopted keeping in view the future needs.
This study presents an economic comparison of grid extension, photovoltaic and diesel
generator system options for the electrification of a selected site in Pakistan with an objective
to see the future prospects of photovoltaic applications in the remote area electrification of the
country. The selected site is located at 9.5 kms from the main 11 kV feeder.
Different sizing methodologies of photovoltaic system, existing diesel generation
prices and long-run-marginal cost of the W APDA grid extension were taken into
consideration. The study condudes that grid extension is still the cheapest option for the
electrification of the remote areas of Pakistan even far beyond the distance range of the
selected site of this study. The diesel generation system holds a second most priority where as
photovoltaic system is neither cost effective nor economical to be adopted for the village area
electrification in Pakistan unless the PV prices are brought down to a reasonable range of
competitiveness. |
| Year | 1998 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
| Department | Department of Energy and Climate Change (Former title: Department of Energy, Environment, and Climate Change (DEECC)) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Energy Technology (ET) |
| Chairperson(s) | Malik, A. S. ; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Surapong C. ;Attalage, R. A.; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | DAAD; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1998 |