Pakistan urged to expand solar, wind capacity
Experts say global practices need to be incorporated for sustainable energy transition
APP
July 15, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Experts from the energy sector have emphasised that for a sustainable energy transition, Pakistan needs to incorporate global best practices in its energy sector, especially in Variable Renewable Energy (VRE) sector related policies.
Speaking at a webinar on ‘Future directions for VRE deployment in Pakistan - A discussion on the findings of the World Bank’s VRE report’, the experts discussed prospects of grid integration and locational study conducted by the World Bank for energy sector of Pakistan, and major challenges for revised version of Indicative Generation Capacity Expansion Plan (IGCEP) 2030.
It is now well established that the way in which we produce, transform, and consume energy must fundamentally change over the coming decades if the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to well below 2°C is to be met and if we are to avoid dangerous climate change.
While France and a growing number of countries around the world have been setting ambitious goals for reaching net-zero emissions, variable renewables like wind and solar energy are set to become the main building blocks in power systems worldwide as countries seek to decarbonise their economies. In a new joint analysis commissioned by the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition, the IEA (International Energy Agency) and RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Electricité) describe four essential areas that policy makers must address when wind and solar PV start to dominate electricity generation. The new report,
Conditions and requirements for the technical feasibility of a power system with a high share of renewables in France towards 2050 , outlines four groups of strict conditions that need to be met to integrate very high shares of renewables in a technically secure way in a large and meshed power system such as that of France.
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