The impact of quick fixes, policies and regulation on the energy crises in Pakistan

Abid Karim; Sheikh Kamaluddin; Mahmood Iqbal; Arif Karim; Muhammad Walid; Mansoor Hai.

Transactions on Science and Technology, 12(3), Article ID ToST123RA1, pp 1 - 14.

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ABSTRACT
The electrical power demand in Pakistan is tremendously increasing due to fast increase in population, industrialization and construction sectors. This leads to various solutions and quick fixes. In this paper a retrospective study and analysis has been done for the quick fixes to cope with the electrical load shedding by various means such as installations of Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) at the main utility connection with backup batteries, generators which were powered by the utility gas connection to produce electricity and gas extractor / concentrator to increase the gas pressure. The severity of the electrical energy crises increased several folds with tremendous loss of capital / investment and foreign exchange. The energy efficient devises and appliances in combination with renewable resources, mainly solar photovoltaic and energy efficient products, are discussed in order to optimize the solutions and policies to benefit the end-user at the retail level rather than favoring big investors, importers and Independent Power Producers (IPPs).

KEYWORDS: Energy crises; Policies; Renewable; UPS; Direct Current; Batteriesg



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