Sustainability of Renewable Energy Options as Compared to Coal-Fired Power Plants in Pakistan

Abstract

Though frequent availability of energy is vital for economic growth, using any energy source has some environmental degree of impact on the environment. Pakistan is facing the worst power crisis nowadays. The government of Pakistan has been focused to find energy solutions in dirty fossil fuels; the coal sources, when the world is moving towards clean Sustainable. Coal is cheap at the moment, and new coal-based power plants can be put up quickly with a predictable output, but with the degradation of the environment. Pakistan may harness energy from Sustainable resources such as biomass, solar, hydel, and wind; which are frequently available in Pakistan and can generate environment-friendly power above 40,000 MW. Such Sustainable energy resources must be considered as their prices have been dipping dramatically and now cheaper to build new commercial plants based on improved technologies able to generate more electricity. The present paper discusses the insight environment-friendly Sustainable energy options available in Pakistan other than coal-fired plants to overcome future energy demand.

Received: 4 July 2023 | Revised: 15 September 2023 | Accepted: 7 October 2023

Conflicts of Interest

The author declares that he has no conflicts of interest to this work.