FAISALABAD: After suffering from an energy crisis for years, it is high time the country finds a solution to its needs.
An initial investment of up to Rs150 million in a hydro-electric reactor power plant may just be the solution. The technology is environment-friendly and can fulfill industrialist’s energy requirements without interruption for years.
The hydro-electric reactor is a wind-energy based technology, which converts ambulant air from the atmosphere into a 250 mile-per-hour hurricane-force wind. The pressurised air is then used to drive a series of internal turbines to generate electricity.
“It is more affordable than solar power-based energy plants which is dependent on sunlight to operate,” said Tariq Noorani, chief executive officer at Noorani (Pvt) Limited while speaking to The Express Tribune. “The technology also does not use any fossil fuel to generate electricity.”
In order to operate mills with energy requirement of one megawatt, the cost of plant falls between Rs100-150 million. It is a one-time investment, after which the hydro-electric reactor plant provides electricity to the entire mill free of cost.
Millers pay electricity bills to the tune of millions per month and yet face energy shortages and green technology sounds like the best bet to provide free electricity to the millers.
“The cost of the plant is equal to one or two year electricity bill of their mills,” says Noorani. “It uses only air to create electricity. Air goes into the system and only air comes out of the power plant back into the atmosphere. There are no harmful emissions.”
To operate, the plant needs continuous electricity for 30 minutes. After the stipulated time, the hydro plant has the capacity to generate electricity for commercial purposes.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 29th, 2014.
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The question is, with the investment of Rs. 150 million, what is the capacity of the system in MWs, and how much energy it will generate? The figures provided seems quite unrealistic, complete information and generation capacity of system must be mentioned along with the cost so that proper analysis and comparison to other renewable sources can be done.
According to law of conservation of energy, energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can change form. In the subject case would Mr. Tariq Noorani or Mr Imran like to explain which kind of energy is converted into electrical energy? I am sure they cannot because this is against basic principles of physics. Oh wait, aren't we in Pakistan? You can make as much mess as you can being holder of pen and paper. You can even break laws of physics. As per Tariq Noorani's linkedin profile they have experience in ladies undergarments and night wears. (http://pk.linkedin.com/pub/tariq-noorani/19/b92/741). I am wondering what is the relevance?
I have been reading Tribune for years now and used to consider it one of the reliable newspapers but after going through this story i am very disappointed.
By the way this hydro-electric reactor idea was coined by a bogus organization "cogar international energy" and still cannot prove it. And any one who has studied physics of high school can reject this idea on face of it.
Here is link for more information:- http://www.21stcentech.com/energy-update-startup-company-claims-generate-electricity-air/
Not much is being done to solve the power production. The private sector coupled with professionals will take care of the power shortage this should include production and distribution. Something on the lines of cellular companies. The result is that the service of PTCL has improved.
I hope this one is not another water-car like gimmick
A "hydro-electric reactor power plant" that is based on wind? "hydro" means water. "reactor" implies fission. Where exactly does the wind come in?
Yet another scam! Though a lil sophisticated, unlike Agha Waqar, this time.
See: http://www.cogarinternationalenergy.com/index.php for more details about this 'perpetual' hydro-electric reactor.
Since when has wind energy based technology been called "hydro-electric"?