Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study

The objective of this study is to identify the most suitable zones for solar and wind power development in Pakistan. The study was carried out by a team of expert consultants over a period of 18 months in collaboration with all the key federal orga...

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Main Author: World Bank
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883241610741226840/Main-Report
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spelling okr-10986-351132021-09-17T00:18:04Z Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study World Bank RENEWABLE ENERGY VRE VARIABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGY GRID ENERGY TRANSMISSION SOLAR POWER WIND POWER The objective of this study is to identify the most suitable zones for solar and wind power development in Pakistan. The study was carried out by a team of expert consultants over a period of 18 months in collaboration with all the key federal organizations in power system planning, led by the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) as the primary technical counterpart, with the findings reported to the Ministry of Energy (Power Division). This study confirms that Pakistan has excellent resources for economically viable solar power and wind power generation, both of which are mostly untapped so far. Especially noteworthy is the huge potential in western Balochistan for both solar and wind power, which will require significant grid infrastructure investments to be exploited. Further excellent areas with large solar potential are to be found in Sindh and southern Punjab, and the wind corridors in southern Sindh around Jhimpir and Gharo still have more potential than what has been developed so far. 2021-02-08T16:27:02Z 2021-02-08T16:27:02Z 2021-02 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883241610741226840/Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35113 English Pakistan Sustainable Energy Series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study South Asia Pakistan
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topic RENEWABLE ENERGY
VRE
VARIABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY GRID
ENERGY TRANSMISSION
SOLAR POWER
WIND POWER
spellingShingle RENEWABLE ENERGY
VRE
VARIABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY GRID
ENERGY TRANSMISSION
SOLAR POWER
WIND POWER
World Bank
Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study
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Pakistan
relation Pakistan Sustainable Energy Series;
description The objective of this study is to identify the most suitable zones for solar and wind power development in Pakistan. The study was carried out by a team of expert consultants over a period of 18 months in collaboration with all the key federal organizations in power system planning, led by the National Transmission and Despatch Company (NTDC) as the primary technical counterpart, with the findings reported to the Ministry of Energy (Power Division). This study confirms that Pakistan has excellent resources for economically viable solar power and wind power generation, both of which are mostly untapped so far. Especially noteworthy is the huge potential in western Balochistan for both solar and wind power, which will require significant grid infrastructure investments to be exploited. Further excellent areas with large solar potential are to be found in Sindh and southern Punjab, and the wind corridors in southern Sindh around Jhimpir and Gharo still have more potential than what has been developed so far.
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title Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study
title_short Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study
title_full Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study
title_fullStr Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study
title_full_unstemmed Variable Renewable Energy Locational Study
title_sort variable renewable energy locational study
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/883241610741226840/Main-Report
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