Biomass Resource Mapping in Pakistan : Final Report on Biomass Atlas
Pakistan is facing a large deficit in electricity supply. A report published by the Government of Pakistan (GoP) in 2013 showed that the electricity supply-demand gap has continuously grown over the past five years and has reached 4,500 to 5,500 Me...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2016
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/07/26595133/biomass-resource-mapping-pakistan-final-report-biomass-atlas-renewable-energy-resource-mapping-biomass-phases-1-3-pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24918 |
| Summary: | Pakistan is facing a large deficit in
electricity supply. A report published by the Government of
Pakistan (GoP) in 2013 showed that the electricity
supply-demand gap has continuously grown over the past five
years and has reached 4,500 to 5,500 Megawatt (MW) in 2013.
Such an enormous gap has led to load-shedding of 12-16 hours
a day across the country. GoP has set a target to reduce the
electricity supply-demand gap to zero by 2017. In order to
attain such ambitious target, the GoP has been endeavoring
to exploit various options to meet the current and future
anticipated electricity needs of the country. In order to
support the GoP, the World Bank (WB) has been providing
assistance towards continued development of renewable power
(RE) generation (hydro, biomass, solar and wind). Therefore,
the energy sector meets electricity demand in an efficient,
affordable and environmentally sustainable manner. Biomass
resource mapping is one of component of the ongoing
renewable energy resource mapping project in Pakistan. The
objective of this biomass mapping component is to support
the sustainable expansion of electricity generation from
biomass. This is fulfilled by providing the national
government and provincial authorities in Pakistan, and
commercial project developers, with an improved
understanding of the location and potential of biomass
resources. This project is being implemented by the World
Bank in Pakistan in close coordination with the Alternative
Energy Development Board (AEDB), a government agency of
Pakistan. The project is funded by the Energy Sector
Management Assistance Program (ESMAP), a global knowledge
and technical assistance program administered by the WB and
supported by eleven bilateral donors. It is part of a major
ESMAP initiative in support of renewable energy resource
mapping and geospatial planning across multiple countries. |
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