Solar Energy

Solar energy is abundant and remains unharnessed except for a few isolated projects. If only 0.25 per cent of the land area of the province of Balochistan were covered by solar panels of 20 per cent efficiency, this would be enough to provide electricity to the entire country.’ However, the feasibility of generating large quantities of wind and solar power (while improving with continuing research) is highly questionable. Estimates for non-commercial sources, mainly wood fuels, are less reliable. These resources are considerable and constitute 45 per cent of the energy supply mix for the country. However, there is ample evidence that in several parts of the country, unregulated harvesting of this poorly managed resource is severely impairing its sustainability. v>