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Barriers in the progress of domestic biogas plants in rural Pakistan.

Authors :
Gelani, Hasan Erteza
Dastgeer, Faizan
Idrees, Zeba
Amjad, Kashif
Javed, Nouman
Source :
International Journal of Sustainable Energy; Jun2022, Vol. 41 Issue 6, p713-729, 17p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

The energy crisis has pushed Pakistan way down the economic rankings. More than 70% the total population resides in rural regions. The energy crisis has crippled the lifestyle of the rural class (RC) in many aspects. For rural Pakistan, the energy scarcity, a hurdle in sustainable development, can be eliminated by biogas. Almost every rural family is associated with agriculture and owns livestock animals, therefore self-sufficient in biogas plant's fuel. Fuel abundance and favourable climatic conditions make energy extraction from biomass facile and fruitful; still there are many reasons that RC is dumped in the energy crisis. In this paper, a survey is conducted in villages of Pakistan to discover the reasons due to which domestic biogas plants have not yet gained their due importance. Institutional, financial, awry planning and social barriers are highlighted at the grass root level in the development of biogas technology in rural Pakistan. In contrast, villages where biogas plants are present, the survey analysis revealed prosperity rendered through savings, reduction in diseases and workload. The paper concludes with an emphasis on the requirement of concrete and comprehensive policy that is capable to deal with the barriers in the route of biogas technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14786451
Volume :
41
Issue :
6
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
International Journal of Sustainable Energy
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
157982986
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/14786451.2021.1976179