Energy Crisis in Pakistan

Dr Muhammad Asif is a Lecturer in Sustainable and Renewable Energy Technologies at Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. He is the member of the Energy Institute and also holds the status of Chartered Engineer. Dr Asif's current research interests include energy policy, energy conservation and management, renewable energy, hydrogen economy, sustainable development and value engineering. He has contributed two chapters on renewable energy to the 'Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology' published by CRC Press, New York in 2007. He has also written a chapter for the book 'Sustainability of Construction Materials' published by Woodhead Publishing Company, Cambridge in 2009. He is actively involved in industrial collaborations. Some of the prominent partners he has been closely involved with include BAE Systems (UK), Grameen Shakti (Bangladesh) and Nor-Dan (Norway).

FOREWORD ; PREFACE ; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ; 1. ENERGY AND ITS WIDER DIMENSIONS-I ; 1.1. ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ; 1.2. ENERGY RESOURCES: STATUS AND TRENDS ; 1.3. CRUDE OIL PRICES ; 1.4. ENERGY AND GLOBAL WARMING ; 2. ENERGY AND ITS WIDER DIMENSIONS-II ; 2.1. THE BIRTH OF THE OIL-AGE ; 2.1. LOCALIZED EXISTENCE OF OIL AND GAS RESERVES ; 2.3. ENERGY SECURITY ; 2.4. OIL-DRIVEN FOREIGN POLICY AND GEO-STRATEGIC CONFLICTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ; 2.5. ROLE OF PETROLEUM IN THE GEO-POLITICS OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY ; 2.6. DECISIVE ROLE OF OIL IN CONVENTIONAL WARFARE ; 3. THE ENERGY BASE OF PAKISTAN AND THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ; 3.1. DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL ENERGY BASE ; 3.2. PRESENT GENERATION AND CONSUMPTION TRENDS ; 3.3. ENERGY MINISTRIES, DEPARTMENTS AND COMPANIES ; 4. THE ENERGY CRISIS 2006-2007: ORIGIN, DIMENSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ; 4.1. GAP BETWEEN ENERGY DEMAND AND SUPPLY ; 4.2. DEPENDENCE ON ENERGY IMPORTS ; 4.3. RISING ENERGY PRICES ; 4.4. FUEL POVERTY ; 4.5. THE MODERN STONE AGE ; 4.6. ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ; 4.7. ENERGY SECURITY AND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY ; 5. THE ENERGY CRISIS AND THE ROLE OF THE RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS ; 5.1. POLICY AND DECISION-MAKERS ; 5.2. ACADEMIA ; 5.3. INDUSTRY ; 5.4. ENERGY DEPARTMENTS ; 6. ROAD TO ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY ; 6.1. HOUSEKEEPING ; 6.2. POLICY REVIEW AND POLICY ENDURANCE ; 6.3. RELIANCE ON INDIGENOUS ENERGY RESOURCES ; 6.4. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ; 6.5. TECHNOLOGICAL SELF-SUFFICIENCY ; 6.6. REVAMPING OF ENERGY DEPARTMENTS ; 6.7. PUBLIC EDUCATION ; 6.8. APPRAISAL OF THE NEW WAVE OF RENTAL POWER PROGRAMME ; 6.9. PRAGMATIC ALTERNATIVES TO THE RENTAL POWER PROGRAMME ; 7. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY OPTIONS ; 7.1. ENERGY CONSERVATION ; 7.2. COAL ; 7.3. NUCLEAR POWER ; 7.4. HYDROPOWER ; 7.5. SOLAR ENERGY ; 7.6. BIOMASS ; 7.7. WIND POWER ; GLOSSARY OF TERMS ; INDEX