Techno‐economic analysis of power generation from a potential wind corridor of pakistan: An overview

Abstract

Since the consumption of non‐renewable sources is diminishing day‐by‐day, most of the developing countries across the globe are facing a severe energy crisis. This energy crisis affects the developing countries such as Pakistan so extensively that population has a crucial problem of load shedding for long hours. Thus, there exists a fundamental need for alternative and economical energy resources, for example, solar, wind, and biofuel energy. Meanwhile, out of all the financially viable ways of power generation, the wind energy is considered as the most economical way. However, in this article authors selected six potential wind zones which lie within 1100 km of coastal zones. In this study, only 1‐year wind speed raw data is considered and taken from appropriate wind zones at various heights with the support of Pakistan Metrological Department. Besides all, this project encourages the domestic as well as the foreign investor to invest in the wind energy projects at windy zones, which basically opens the business doors for the community of Pakistan for power generation, which leads to overcoming the energy crisis along the countryside. © 2018 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Environ Prog, 38: 706–720, 2019