Special problem

Topic:

Energy Crisis & its solution in Pakistan

Submitted to:

Dr. Mubashir Mehdi sb

Submitted by:

Luqman Ilyas

Registration No:

2018-Ag-3398

( M.Com semester 4th )

Institute of Business Management Sciences

University of Agriculture, Faisalabad

 Table of contents
 Acknowledgements
 INTRODUCTION
 OBJECTIVES
 ENERGY RESOURCES OF PAKISTAN
 TEN YEARS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION
 CAUSES OF ENERGY CRISIS
 RECOMMENDATIONS
 Conclusion and suggestions
 Reference:

Acknowledgments
First of all, I thank ALLAH who give me opportunity to do this project. I would like to express my special
thanks of gratitude to our great and respectable Supervisor Dr. Mubashir Mehdi sb who gave me the
golden opportunity to do this wonderful project on the topic Energy Crisis & its solution in Pakistan ,
which also help me in doing a lot of research and I came to know about so many new things. We are really
thankful to him for his kind and continuous encouragement and give us guidance during all phases of this
study.

Indroducation
 Electricity Crisis in Pakistan is one of the severe challenges the country is facing today. Electricity is
essential part of our daily life and its shortage has severely affected the economy and overall living
of ours. Pakistan is currently facing up to 18 hours of electricity outage a day, is expected to face
more if not dealt with in time.

 ROLE OF ENERGY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

 ROLE OF ENRGY IN SOCIO-ECONOMICAL DEVELOPMENT

USES

 INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

 DOMESTIC USE OF CITIZENS

What Is Energy Crises?

  An energy crisis is any great shortfall (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to
an economy. It usually refers to the shortage of oil and additionally to electricity or other
natural resources.

OBJECTIVES
 WHY PAKISTAN IS FACING SUCH CRISIS ?

 WHAT ARE REASONS BEHIND IT ?

 WHY PAKISTAN IS NOT UTILIZING RESOURCES?

 WHY PAKISTAN IS IMPORTING COAL IF IT ALREADY HAS LARGE

AMOUNT OF COAL ?

 WHY HALF OF POPULATION OF PAKISTAN HAS NO ACCESS TO

ELECTRICITY?

Energy and sources of energy

Energy is the power to change things or in other words we can say that it is the ability to do work. It
gives us light it runs our machines it keeps us warm and many other things. In other words we can
say that it is impossible to survive without energy in the present time. Moreover energy also plays a
great role in the economic development of a country. a country utilizing all its sources of energy has
a better chance to grow economically as compared to a country where the sources of energy are less
or not utilized properly. This is because energy has a direct impact on the standard of living of
people and industrial side of the country and both of these are a good measure of economic
development of a country. If people of a country are having a high standard of living and their
industrial side is progressing well (means the exports are greater than the imports) than it is a clear
sign that the country is making full use of its resources its growth rate is high.

The main sources of energy in Pakistan

(for generating electricity)

A) Conventional sources :

Conventional energy sources are typically fully developed, nonrenewable resources

It includes ;

1) Thermal energy

2) Hydel energy

3)nuclear energy

B) Non conventional sources :

Nonconventional sources may be functional but are still undergoing development and use renewable
resources.

1) Wind energy

2) Solar energy

3) Bio gas (energy animal &plant wastes)

A) Conventional sources

Conventional sources of energy are those sources which are generally used In the country for the production
of heat , electricity , and power . Pakistan has the following conventional sources of energy that are as
follows :

1. THERMAL ENERGY

Thermal energy refers to the type of energy in which heat is used to produce energy .
Thermal Energy is the oldest type of energy. With all known history available, Wood was always used for
heating and cooking. In 2nd world war fossil fuels entered in the form of coal to get the energy, until liquid
fuels were discovered and because of their convenience of transportation they took over as major
contributors of the energy source.
Once the steam engines were invented then the coal or liquid fuel was burnt in the boilers and the
heat produces steam which is used to drive electrical generators, or any other mechanical device.
Rudolph diesels invention of diesel engine revolutionaries the energy concept and today we see sine the
majority of machines moving on diesel engines.

Thermal energy sources in Pakistan

1.Coal

Pakistan has huge reserves of coal which can be used to overcome the problem of energy crises in the
country . The government of Pakistan is making hectic efforts to introduce the coal usage in the industrial
sector. The machinery for these units is totally exempted from import duties and taxes. A coal based power
plant of 150MW has been set up in the interior sindh.

2.Oil

Oil is one of the most important sources of energy through out the world and its importance is increasing
day by day. many wars are being fought just tov get the reserves of the oil..the government of Pakistan is
making sincere efforts to find out new oil fields in the country .the policy is to attain self sufficiency in oil
because oil as a source of energy is expensive if it is imported from other countries and it greatly increases
the import bills of the country.at present the generation capacity of electricity through oil is 12340MW

3.Natural gas:

Natural gas is also a precious gift of Allah to our country. huge deposits of natural gas has been discovered
in many parts of Baluchistan and sindh.natural gas is a cheap sources of energy in comparison to oil and it
can also play a great role in the industrial sector because it is used as a raw material in many industries like
fertilizers cement and plastics etc.

2. HYDEL ENERGY
Water flowing in the rivers has kinetic energy. Once they are used to drive the turbine and produce
electricity the power generated as Hydel Energy.
Power produced by the turbines depends on quantity of water flowing/minute and the head of water
available.
Mostly river flows by melting glaciers on high mountains. Once the water start flowing in the valleys
it changes its head very rapidly. This energy can be converted into electrical energy.
Two method are normally used:-
1. Dams
2. Run of River projects.
In case of Dams the water flow is restricted by making a huge storage device and the head of water is
increased, the water then is allowed to flow by means of gates and pass through the turbines, the head of
reservoir level is maintained to provide uniform power, and the water stored in peak season additionally is
used for irrigation purposes in dry seasons.
In run of river projects the water is diverted through the tunnels and once it gains the head allowed to
fall and pass through the turbines and back to river. the water in these projects is continuously flowing and
not being stored.
Geographical situation is paramount importance in choosing a suitable site for the hydro project and
it evolves a very serious time and money consuming study.
Once a site is located further detailed feasibility study is required before proceeding any serious
effort to start the work.
The feasibility study should include following field work.
1. Detailed Mapping of the area

5. Weather data containing, Temperatures, pressures, rain humidity

6. Water sampling and testing
7. Environmental study
8. Social impact
9. Wild life and fish study
10. Identification of stake holders of the area
11. Coring and getting samples of the soil at 50-200 meters depth
12. Laboratory testing of the cores samples
13. study to evaluate earth quake dangers

Hydel energy in Pakistan :

In Pakistan hydel energy is usually generated through waterfalls (dams).there are many dams in the country
which play a great role in the generation of electricity for household, business and industrial sector. since
independence huge amounts have been allocated for the development of hydel energy as it is a main source
of electricity generation in the country as a result of this the generation of electric power through hydel
energy has been increased from 68MW in 1947 to 6555MW in 2009.

3. Nuclear energy

The importance of nuclear energy as a source of electricity generation is increasing very rapidly throughout
the world as many developed as well as developing countries are making use of nuclear enery to generate
electricity. the main fuel which is required to run the nuclear reactor is called uranium.with the grace of all
mighty uranium is found in excess in Pakistan. at present there are two nuclear electric power generation
plants in Pakistan namely Karachi nuclear power plant and chasma nuclear power plant

B) Non-conventional sources of energy

The less developing countries are now developing other renewable sources of energy . these sources are
comparatively cheaper to those of conventional sources of energy and these sources have a simplified
technology , the non-conventional sources of energy are as follows :
1. Wind energy

Wind energy is a very cheap source of generating power.in windy areas,the windmills can be used for
supplying electricity on a small scale the windmill can be used for pumping water for crops,grinding
corn,crushing sugar cane,thrashing,cutting of wood etc etc.at present there are four mechanical wind
pumpers and one wind power generation system has been set up

2. Solar energy

The sun provides 170000MW of power to earth on daily basis.the sunshine can also be used a cheap source
of energy.many developed countries as well as developing countries are now making use of the solar energy
in order to fulfill their energy demand as it is a very cheap and easily available source of energy

3. Biogas

It is produced from animal and plant wastes although it is a very cheap source of energy but it can
not be used on the large scale like the solar and wind energy. However it can be utilized very well in
the rural areas.as 72% of our population live in villages they make the best use of this source of
energy

Energy crises in Pakistan

The latest crisis that has Pakistani’s from all walks of life up in arms is the lack of electrical power
throughout the country. While rolling blackouts or load shedding as its locally known has always been a
staple of daily life in Pakistan, the problem has become acute in the last couple of years. In the second half
of December, the situation got so bad that WAPDA & KESC (power generation entities in Pakistan)
resorted to draconian levels of load shedding. The power cuts during this time amounted to 20-22 hours a
day in most small cities and even cities like Karachi were seeing 18+ hours of load shedding.

Notwithstanding the systemic issues such as the failure to build new dams and previous Government’s
inability to add even a single megawatt of new power to the grid during 9 years of its rule, it seems that the
present crisis is a result of bad management and the lack of foresight. The total installed capacity of
WAPDA and KESC totals around 19,500 megawatts. Almost two third of this power comes from thermal
power plants (fossil fuels), one third is generated by water and about 2% comes from nuclear power plants.

The demand for electricity in Pakistan during the winter months actually goes down and this winter has not
been an exception. Throughout the month of December, the electricity consumption in Pakistan hovered
around 11,000 MW, down from the peak levels of 17,500 MW seen in summer. This demand was well
within the installed capacity of WAPDA & KESC yet they were only generating a meager one third
(6500MW) of their maximum capacity during this period leaving a huge gap between supply and demand.
Their are two main reasons for this:

1. The water flow from all major dams was halted starting mid December to allow the annual cleaning of
canals in January. This action effectively took all the hydro power off line.

2. The thermal power plants were working far below their potential due to the lack of money caused by the
circular debt between various government agencies reaching a staggering 400 billion Rupees.

None of these issues could have possibly come as a surprise to the present government yet they choose to do
nothing until violent anti government protests erupted in all major cities. A couple of days ago the President
of Pakistan finally convened a summit of all stakeholders and since then the situation has improved
somewhat but this fiasco provides another example of the misplaced priorities of our democratically elected
leaders.

Instead of issuing stamps and coins bearing Benazir’s logo and dedicating existing airports to her name, they
should focus on the plight of everyday people and try to make their lives a little bit better. Everyone
understands that Pakistan is facing serious problems requiring long term solutions and the present
government can’t be expected to make significant headway in the short term, yet there are things where it
can make a difference. Eliminating load shedding during the winter months could just be one of them.

Impacts of these crises on Pakistan :

There are the following impacts of these energy crises on Pakistan :

Employment decreased:

By the energy crises in Pakistan from last few years, they impacts on the employment rate of Pakistan is that
the number of people that are employed are decreased. The dependability of the income is increased, now in
one home there are more people to consume than those who earn money

Per capita income decreased:

The income earned by each one decreases if there is energy crises in any country , so as we have these crises
in our country Pakistan so the larger impact of that was that the income of each individual is decreased .

Foreign debts increase:

As these crises also affect on the debts or loans that Pakistan get from the foreign countries, the amount of
debts that are owned is increased and in result of that the economy of Pakistan is very much harmed.

GDP is decreased:

The gross domestic product (G.D.P) of Pakistan is also decreased because that production is decreased and
result to that the earnings of the country are getting lower and lower.

Poverty increased:

The crises also enhances the level of poverty in the country , as we can see in Pakistan the energy crises
made it very hard for those people that living in the country below the poverty line .

Literacy rate decreased:

The crises also impacts on the literacy rate , as there is less earnings by the people so they leave the
education for earning the money , and they focus on earning money so the circle of life is ruined smoothly .
for that purpose children leaves their education and start earning , hence that decreases the literacy rate of
Pakistan .

Child labor increased:

The child labor is also increased with the increase in the crises of power in Pakistan , the children from the
very small age start earning and they leave their education for fulfilling the need of their life .

Production decreased:

The production sector is very much harmed because of the increase in the crises level of the country , if we
look for Pakistan so it is recognized that the industrial sector is effected by the energy crises ,as they are not
fulfilling the needs and demands of the public , that further increases the cost on production as well .
Solutions for the energy crises of Pakistan

PAKISTAN COAL RESERVES SHOULD BE EXPLORED

The energy shortage is increasing day by day and the resources of Pakistan are limited and this year we are
witnessing increasing of imported fuel bill. This is time that Pakistan should explore all its available
resources.
We see a limited progress in alternate energy sector. But so far little efforts are being made to
explore and use the coal reserves in Sind.
This is claimed that coal quality is inferior and having low BTU. This is a challenging task. Today
technology and boilers are available that can burn any kind of coal. Therefore all possible measures should
be adopted to utilize existing resources.
The smaller size power plants near the coal mines which can get direct feed and connect to National Grid
will be an ideal configuration.

More dams should be made

To meet the energy crises their should be more dams to be made, and this is not required that they should
only be made on large scale, rather they can be on the small scale as well. If their will be dams on small and
large scale than they will cover our more part of the production

Attitude of people should change

The one main thing is that the attitude of the people should be changed, if it will be done so the awareness
for the power savage will grow up in the minds of the people ,the change in attitude means that people
should start saving the power by keeping that view in minds that these are we have very scare resources in
Pakistan ,

Effective plans for energy should be made

The plans that are made for the reduction of the energy crises should be effective and efficient, this is
required that those people that are living in the rural areas should utilize the nonconventional sources of
energy and the conventional sources should be used by the urban areas because the urban areas have more
Industrial production than rural areas in the country like Pakistan

Proper funds to utilize natural resources

The funds that are passed by the government for the utilization of resources are not enough that they meet
the requirements of our country, so it is required that proper funds should be allocated for them .most of the
people in our government are corrupt and because of that the funds that are allocated in the utilization of the
resources is not invested in efficient manner.

New resources should be explored

This is also very important for the country Pakistan that those resources that are gifted to us by nature should
be explored effectively; new technology should be used to explore these resources. Keeping these things in
the mind that we have resources but they are not utilized and explored efficiently.

More non-conventional sources should be used

For the fulfillment of the crises of Pakistan it is important that more nonconventional sources should be
utilized and used. Mostly in those rural areas where they are easily possible because in urban areas we have
not that circumstances that can use the nonconventional sources to produce the energy.

CONCLUSION and SUGGESTIONS:

The conclusion which we have made from this assignment is that our country is facing a lot of
problems regarding to the energy resources, but yet there are ways by which these resources can be utilized.

All the thing that is need to be done is that efficient technology , proper funds , government interest and
effective plans for utilizing the underutilized resources .if Pakistan will not take steps for the development of
energy and power resources than it will have the worse result on the further years .

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