COMMUNITY POWER IN

PAKISTAN: CHALLENGES
AND THE WAY FORWARD
1st World Community Power Conference
03 November, 2016
Fukushima, Japan.
Zeeshan Ashfaq, Research & Policy Analyst, WWEA
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Work in Pakistan - An Overview

Potential in Pakistan

Community
Barriers

Power in Pakistan

to Community Power Development

Recommended
WWEA

Policy Solutions

Future Strategy for Pakistan

OUTLINE OF THE PRESENTATION

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Joined hands in November 2013 with the goal to help Pakistan's

renewable energy market grow with a special focus on wind
energy

Organized a one-day international conference in June 2014 in

collaboration with the AEDB

Published two policy papers identifying the barriers and way

forward for wind energy market in Pakistan and identified
capacity development needs

Currently implementing a research project that deals with the

capacity development of public and private sector.

WWEA-hbs PARTNERSHIP IN PAKISTAN

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 Wind:

340,000 MW (Theoretical)*

Solar:

2,900,000 MW (Theoretical)*

Small

Hydro: 3000 MW (Approx.)

RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL IN

PAKISTAN
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Community Power Project - 1925

Micro

Hydropower Projects in KPK

AKRSP
PEDO

Micro Hydel Projects

Micro Hydro Projects

COMMUNITY POWER IN PAKISTAN

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 Lack

of Social Awareness, Technical Know-how

Finance
Complex

Planning Process

Regulatory

Frameworks

Technology
Political

Will

BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY POWER

DEVELOPMENT
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 Feed-in-tariff

(specific for community power projects)

Legislation
Setting

Targets for Community Power

Financial
Local
Grid

Support

Government Support

Connectivity

RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS
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 Focusing
Small

Community Power

Wind

Distributed
Joining

Generation

Hands with other Partners

WWEA FUTURE STRATEGY FOR

PAKISTAN
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Zeeshan can be reached at: za@wwindea.org

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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