Re: [pakgrid] We need to seriously look at Concentrated Solar Power for Pakistan

This could work well with CSP for food processing.  Typically farmers need water at sowing and then in the middle of growing season.  At harvest time they don't irrigate.  Food processing could be done with CSP for a few weeks after harvest.

 

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From: Basit Farooq Alvi <basit@brain.net.pk>
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Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:52 PM
Subject: RE: [pakgrid] We need to seriously look at Concentrated Solar Power for Pakistan

 

We don't have good visibility in cities, hence you get only 50% or less performance from solar panels.

 

As far as I think; solar technology is only viable in villages with more clean air and good visibility, specially to pump water for irrigation purposes.

 

Commercial viability also needs a clearer air.

 

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From: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com [mailto:pakgrid@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Qasim Sheikh
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 3:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [pakgrid] We need to seriously look at Concentrated Solar Power for Pakistan

 

Issue is not so much university level research.  This technology at small scale is well known.  Issue is commercial scale use that is important, specially rate of ROI becomes a challenge, so it is more of a business and entrepreneurship challenge and less of a less of a technical challenge.

 

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From: Inspirex <inspirex@gmail.com>
To: pakgrid@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 3:25 PM
Subject: Re: [pakgrid] We need to seriously look at Concentrated Solar Power for Pakistan

 

 

Hi Zia,

 

Ive studied these in significant details in the last few years and have been keen to set up a program with some universities to do this on an experimental level.

 

The electronics and other components in this are not too costly and i think we can build a proof of concept very easily. 

 

Anyone from a university interested in working on these?

 

Best,

On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 11:17 AM, ziaimran <zia.imran@gmail.com> wrote:

 

CSP (concentrated solar power) is the technology we need in Pakistan. Solar thermal can be largely manufactured in the country without having to import expensive fancy photo-voltic solar panels. This will save a lot of foreign exchange, create jobs and boost manufacturing sector. Anyone in the electricity producing 'Power Corridors' listening? Can we make the right choices?

We can use the space on top of our renowned canal system to both save water evaporation and also use the real estate to install solar trough based CSP systems. That would be very nice. And we have plenty of desert if we do this in south part of the country.

Here is the latest CSP plant that was inaugurated in UAE yesterday.

http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/business/18-Mar-2013/uae-opens-worlds-largest-csp-solar-power-plant

 

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- Inspirex