University of South Wales Master of Sciences Thesis
System Location Analysis
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| 2.1. System Location Analysis
It is important to understand the importance of the location where system has to be deployed as location associates information about climate, energy sources availability and environment condition which play a major role in the production and that is the reason I choose THAR location which Is located on the coast Pakistan as the location has abundant amount of solar and wind energy, also the energy produced by the conventional sources raises the greenhouse gas emissions, which may be the key source of global warming. Pakistan’s total GHG emissions in 2012 amounted to 409 million tones (mt) of Carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent, comprising about 54% CO2, 36% Methane, 9% Nitrous Oxide and 1% other gases. The biggest contributor is the energy sector with 50% share, followed by the agriculture sector (39% share), industrial processes (6% share) and other activities (5% share). Pakistan has also signed the previous Kyoto protocol on reduction of CO2 emission to the atmosphere. For this reason, the Pakistan government is very much concerned about environmental issue and the government wants the overall improvement of the CO2 emission [2] and also THAR is located on the coastal region of Pakistan and coast of Pakistan is about 1,120 kilometers long and It is very expensive to connect small villages to the national electric grid because of the huge infrastructure costs involved and, also Pakistan is facing electricity shortfall since last decade, to overcome this issue a step towards renewable energy is need to be taken. According to the experts, WAPDA (Water and Power Development Authority, Pakistan) at the moment does not have enough money and electricity to supply power to the coastal region. The only way to supply the electricity to the coastal areas of Pakistan is through the use of the renewable resources because abundant natural resources are available nearly all year, below the graphs showing wind and Sun availability throughout the year in the THAR area [2] – [4]. |