The global investors consider Pakistan as the most potential hub in the region to generate electricity exploiting solar energy as it has immense capacity and potential to explore sunlight as compared with different part of the world. This was stated by Raphael Lechner, who is German national and lead trainer on the occasion of launching of 5-day training workshop on Solar PV System held here under the auspices of Renewable & Alternate Energy Association of Pakistan.
The workshop was supported by Alternate Energy Development Board, Government of Pakistan, GIZ, IEP and energy update. He said the solar energy is one of the effective and immediate fields for Pakistan to overcome its worsening energy crisis along with different renewable projects side-by-side.
Handsome investment in Pakistan will be landing in this sector if the government and private sector join hands to work on the fastest emerging technology and source of electricity production, Lechner said. So far many projects of solar energy in the pipeline but there is a need to plan a mega project which provides a lowest cost electricity to masses compared with different conventional sources particularly furnace oil and gas. Germany has achieved tremendous success for producing renewable energy and attained a status of top power producers through solar energy yet. Pakistan has much potential more than double of it tapping its natural resource for combating its power crisis, Lechner added.
The investors of the Germany are taking keen interest to invest in the Pakistan as they have technology, expertise and equipment for generating power through solar energy, he further said. Lencher said that ecosystem should be developed for the promotion and development of solar-run energy projects. In this regard, human resource is top priority of the country to equip them with advance skills for implementation of successful and productive solar-run power projects.
Dr Nasim Ahmed Khan, former Secretary Alternate Energy Development Board (AEDB), said that Pakistan government should support renewable energy with true letter and spirit through proper funding of research and development and human resource training. There are many small solar projects in the queue that will be established in the next few years but the development of this sector should be paced up for meeting the growing needs of electricity in the country.
He said that several solar-run power projects have been installed for power capacity but there is a need to develop a mega project that will be exemplary and encouraging for paving trend of using solar energy in the country. He said that solar-run power system were planned for streetlights, masjids and schools at Federal level in order to create awareness among the masses for new source of energy however it should be implemented by provincial governments.
Khan highlighted implementation of solar-run energy is challenging task to define its success though it could be accomplished till the human resource are enabled to handle the new technology. Mohammad Abbas Sajid, Chairman REAP, said that the training of the engineers, technician and scientists is the crucial part to develop renewable energy sector in this country. In this regard, REAP is working seriously to organise different training workshops along with stakeholders in different cities. He said the body should be extended to all engineering and related sector so that people will come on board and executive collective efforts for the cause of energy self-sufficiency.
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