Pakistan can produce electricity from wastes of sugarcane and vegetables
Islamabad, Pakistan can generate electricity from waste of vegetables and sugar-cane to boost agriculture production.
Ahmed Jawad, Member Export Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &Industry (ICCI) and Chief Executive Harvest Trading Co said this in a statement issued here Thursday. He said that agriculture is the life line of our country and billion of rupees could be earned if proper policies are made.
He said European Union (EU) has done legislation that each member country should be producing at least 22.1 per cent of their electricity from renewable resources in order to stick to the commitment of producing energy from best alternative energy sources. Similarly we have nearly 70 per cent of the country’s rural population can easily benefit from biogas energy as these plants are low-cost and can be run with a small budget.
He said study points out that the renewable and sustainable energy resources are the best substitute to the conventional fuels and energy sources. In Pakistan around 40 percent fruits and vegetables in the country are wasted due to poor handling during harvesting, transportation and the lack of storage facilities.
Fruit and vegetable waste left behind during harvest, lying unused and unwanted in farm fields and processing plants, he said, adding not only does it literally go to waste but it often takes time and labor to get rid of it.
But what if all that unused produce could be turned into energy? Jawad said To recycle urban wood and vegetative waste and our leftover sugar cane fiber, called biogasse, to produce clean, environmentally-friendly electricity.
About 16 tons of vegetable waste and four tons of slaughterhouse waste will be used to generate 3,256 units of power a day through the bio-mechanization process.
Jawad urged” we must utilize this technology for agriculture sector and rural areas. Thereby we can reduce the electricity bill of farmers who can pay heavy bills despite heavy load shedding with the duration of average 18 hours a day in villages”.
Similarly 3,000 MW power generation potential in sugar industry through biogas, but it is hardly producing some 700MW. He suggested that all sugar mills owners may work on it for the national cause to increase power generation from their mills and disburse electricity in their near towns and villages.
On the other hand we may also get benefit from live stock sector, Pakistan have around 159 million animals that and from their manure can be used to generate 16.3 million-cubic-meters biogas per day and 21 million tons of bio fertilizer per year, he claimed.
The CEO Harvest Tradings further said if Provincial Governments focus on this subject seriously with the consultation of specialize people in the forth coming budget then we may cover electricity debit at certain level, as after 18th amendment of National Assembly of Pakistan, major part of agriculture is a provincial subject.
Ahmed Jawad, Member Export Islamabad Chamber of Commerce &Industry (ICCI) and Chief Executive Harvest Trading Co said this in a statement issued here Thursday. He said that agriculture is the life line of our country and billion of rupees could be earned if proper policies are made.
He said European Union (EU) has done legislation that each member country should be producing at least 22.1 per cent of their electricity from renewable resources in order to stick to the commitment of producing energy from best alternative energy sources. Similarly we have nearly 70 per cent of the country’s rural population can easily benefit from biogas energy as these plants are low-cost and can be run with a small budget.
He said study points out that the renewable and sustainable energy resources are the best substitute to the conventional fuels and energy sources. In Pakistan around 40 percent fruits and vegetables in the country are wasted due to poor handling during harvesting, transportation and the lack of storage facilities.
Fruit and vegetable waste left behind during harvest, lying unused and unwanted in farm fields and processing plants, he said, adding not only does it literally go to waste but it often takes time and labor to get rid of it.
But what if all that unused produce could be turned into energy? Jawad said To recycle urban wood and vegetative waste and our leftover sugar cane fiber, called biogasse, to produce clean, environmentally-friendly electricity.
About 16 tons of vegetable waste and four tons of slaughterhouse waste will be used to generate 3,256 units of power a day through the bio-mechanization process.
Jawad urged” we must utilize this technology for agriculture sector and rural areas. Thereby we can reduce the electricity bill of farmers who can pay heavy bills despite heavy load shedding with the duration of average 18 hours a day in villages”.
Similarly 3,000 MW power generation potential in sugar industry through biogas, but it is hardly producing some 700MW. He suggested that all sugar mills owners may work on it for the national cause to increase power generation from their mills and disburse electricity in their near towns and villages.
On the other hand we may also get benefit from live stock sector, Pakistan have around 159 million animals that and from their manure can be used to generate 16.3 million-cubic-meters biogas per day and 21 million tons of bio fertilizer per year, he claimed.
The CEO Harvest Tradings further said if Provincial Governments focus on this subject seriously with the consultation of specialize people in the forth coming budget then we may cover electricity debit at certain level, as after 18th amendment of National Assembly of Pakistan, major part of agriculture is a provincial subject.