Germany can help in alternative energy: CG
Conference focuses on potential for producing energy.
KARACHI:
Germany can help Pakistan in developing alternative energy, which will play a significant role in the energy mix of the country in future, according to German Consul General Dr Christian Brecht on Friday.
Speaking at a conference on alternative energy at the Karachi Expo Centre, he said that alternative energy has become a very important issue worldwide, adding that it was high time the world looks at the challenges posed by climate change which affects the world and will eventually influence weather patterns in Pakistan, including a possible melting of glaciers in the northern side of the country which provides most of the water supply to the whole subcontinent.
Dr Brecht was of the opinion that in a country like Pakistan, with its growing population and need for developing agriculture and industry, the demand for more energy is evident.
The consul general said that there are scores of possibilities of using alternative energy according to different needs and circumstances. Citing examples, he said there is wind power - onshore and offshore wind, solar power, photovoltaics, solar heat, biogas, hydroelectric power and geo-thermal heat.
Pakistan has a huge potential not only for alternative energy, but also for energy conservation and better energy efficiency, he added.
Dr Brecht hoped that the conference would give a new impetus to adopting alternative energy in Pakistan, helping in the long run to alleviate energy shortcomings and overcome power outages.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2011.
Germany can help Pakistan in developing alternative energy, which will play a significant role in the energy mix of the country in future, according to German Consul General Dr Christian Brecht on Friday.
Speaking at a conference on alternative energy at the Karachi Expo Centre, he said that alternative energy has become a very important issue worldwide, adding that it was high time the world looks at the challenges posed by climate change which affects the world and will eventually influence weather patterns in Pakistan, including a possible melting of glaciers in the northern side of the country which provides most of the water supply to the whole subcontinent.
Dr Brecht was of the opinion that in a country like Pakistan, with its growing population and need for developing agriculture and industry, the demand for more energy is evident.
The consul general said that there are scores of possibilities of using alternative energy according to different needs and circumstances. Citing examples, he said there is wind power - onshore and offshore wind, solar power, photovoltaics, solar heat, biogas, hydroelectric power and geo-thermal heat.
Pakistan has a huge potential not only for alternative energy, but also for energy conservation and better energy efficiency, he added.
Dr Brecht hoped that the conference would give a new impetus to adopting alternative energy in Pakistan, helping in the long run to alleviate energy shortcomings and overcome power outages.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 2nd, 2011.