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Assessment of electricity demand at domestic level in Balochistan, Pakistan

  • Urooj, Rabail (Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University) ;
  • Ahmad, Sheikh Saeed (Department of Environmental Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University)
  • Received : 2015.09.04
  • Accepted : 2017.04.21
  • Published : 2017.03.25

Abstract

Electricity is basic need for country development. But at the present time proper planning and policy is require at high pace for power generation network extension due to the increasing population growth rate. Present study aimed to analyze the present and future demand for electricity at household level in Province of Balochistan of Pakistan via simulation modeling. Data of year 2004-2005 was used as baseline data for electricity consumption to predict future demand of electricity at both rural and urban domestic level up to subsequent 30 years, with help of LEAP software. Basically three scenarios were created to run software. One scenario was Business-As-Usual and other two were green scenarios i.e., solar and wind energy scenarios. Results predicted that by using alternative energy sources, demand for electricity will be fulfill and will also reduce burden on non-renewable energy sources due to the greater potential for solar and wind energy present in Balochistan.

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