Power through wind turbines
by Jalal Ahmed Peshawar jalalahmed1918@yahoo.com
In the context of looking for additional systems to produce electricity, a report appeared in papers about a post-graduate in Applied Physics who had, in Karachi , been supplying electricity to his home using wind turbine. With help extended by a philanthropist, he is also reported to have provided electricity to 100 homes out of 500 in an island south of Karachi and that these 100 families are saving Rs 1500 each on Kerosene and firewood as a result thereof. Dr Nasim Khan, a retired Brigadier of the EME Corps, now Vice Chancellor of the Hamdard Universiy, is known to have conducted studies on wind power to produce electricity. There may be others. It is understood that there is a large enough north-south or east-west windy rectangle in Sindh with the potential to provide as much as 50,000 MW. It is high time that this source is tapped forthwith. We can sell surplus. India is understood to be setting up wind turbines in its suitable windy areas.
1 comments:
Wind energy should be certainly explored in Pakistan. However one must realize that it is not free. Wind should be looked into as a long term energy solution. Short time we still require hyrdo, thermal and nuclear power. Wind energy will not work well with our current weak transmission networks and quite a significant investment is required in the development of foresaid.
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