Provincial Minister for Agriculture Ahmed Ali Aulakh said that we were wasting 35 MAF of water annually and we had not made a single dam for many years to utilise this water to fulfil our energy demands. He also emphasised on private sector to play its role to overcome present energy crisis.
He was addressing the International Conference and Expo of Energy Technologies "Energy Asia 2009" on Tuesday. Aulakh said that the private sector should play its role to overcome present energy crisis faced by the country. He stressed the need of using alternative and renewable energy sources, which include power generation through wind and solar power.
Aulakh said that solar and wind energy can be used for running tube wells, which will save lot of energy. He said that Punjab has produced 10.8 million metric tons of wheat despite the shortage of water. He said that we should adopt a comprehensive strategy as a nation to solve our energy crisis.
Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) CEO Arif Salahuddin said that Pakistan has lot of potential for conservation of energy from the alternative sources such as coal, wind and nuclear power. He said that Pakistan has the potential of producing 15000MW through hydropower and we have not utilised less than 50 percent potential of our hydropower.
He also said that Pakistan has the potential of producing 35000MW from wind energy and we would only be able to utilise around 300 MW of wind power by 2010. He said that we have huge reserves of coal, which should be utilised properly. Chairman Organising Committee of the Energy Asia Mian Fazal Ahmed said that exhibition is presenting over 20 stalls of the products and the services dealing with the solutions to the energy crisis and problems.