Personal energy independence a short term solution for ongoing energy crisis in Pakistan using home solar grid

Abstract

Pakistan is facing worse energy crisis of its history today. Energy crisis has adversely affected the common public and also the Pakistani economy. Recently most of the industrialists have shut down their industrial operations due to the shortage of energy. Such shut down of industries badly affects the public locality and also a reasonably on the luxury of Pakistani citizens. The crisis of energy shortage in Pakistan is to be addressed on emergent basis with alternative solutions. A short term and economical solution is the key demand in current scenarios and is proposed in our research work. Many long terms solution for energy supplements exist to overcome the energy crisis issue on permanent basis. They have their own limitations in terms of implementation and expenses. In this paper, we aim to presents short-term solution, which can reduce the energy shortage up to considerable extent. The proposed solution proves to be very feasible and computationally less extensive. In this way, we can enhance the utility and reduce the energy breakdown crisis in Pakistan. We introduce the concept of personal energy independence (PEI), which means that consumers have no more dependence on government or private sector energy providing agencies. They are free in producing their own energy as per their requirement. But the question arises how to turn the dream of PEI in reality. For this purpose we propose a model of home solar grid (HSG), which fulfills the energy requirements of a single home. In this paper, we aim to present the proposal of HSG model for implementation with all specifications and pricings for one or two kilowatt-hour HSG unit. The government would play the role of facilitator by providing technical expertise and finical support. According to government statistics almost 43% of total energy consumption is from domestic consumers. By adopting the proposed idea of energy independence domestically, we can reduce the energy crisis with greater extent. Moreover due to consistent increase in prices of hydrocarbon fuels; electricity cost becomes un-affordable for domestic consumer to pay. Therefore, the only affordable alternative left behind is the solar energy system. The existing energy system has its own limitations in terms of implementation complexity and expensive components. Therefore the proposed idea of PEI is the key solution, which should be adopted. Our proposed solution is less expensive and easy to implement. In our research paper, we present the system model and provide investigations of its implementation. We present simulation results to support our proposed system model.