An Empirical Analysis of Sustainable Energy Security for Energy Policy Recommendations

Fahad Bin Abdullah, Rizwan Iqbal, Sadique Ahmad, Mohammed A. El-Affendi and Maria Abdullah
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Fahad Bin Abdullah: Department of Environment & Energy Management, Institute of Business Management, Karachi 75190, Pakistan
Rizwan Iqbal: Department of Computer Engineering, Bahria University, Karachi Campus, Karachi 75260, Pakistan
Sadique Ahmad: EIAS: Data Science and Blockchain Laboratory, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed A. El-Affendi: EIAS: Data Science and Blockchain Laboratory, College of Computer and Information Sciences, Prince Sultan University, Riyadh 11586, Saudi Arabia
Maria Abdullah: Faculty of Computer Systems Engineering, Dawood University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi 74800, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-28

Abstract: This study presents a framework for assessing Pakistan’s sustainable energy security (SES) between 1991 and 2020 by estimating its composite index, termed “SESi”, and three sub-indices. The SES has three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental. A total of 26 indicators were chosen and normalized using the Z-score approach before being weighted using principal component analysis (PCA) or equal weighting. The findings associated with the indices point to a declining tendency between 1991 and 2020. The highest degree of sustainable energy security (SES) was reported in 1991, with the lowest levels recorded in 2004 and 2007. Between 1991 and 2020, 9% of SESi regressed. Economic dimensions regressed among the dimension indices between 1991 and 2004, followed by steady performance, while the other two dimensions, social and environmental, fell by 30% and 26%, respectively, during the study period. Further analysis indicates that the objectives of the policies implemented throughout the study period were only partially achieved due to the country’s heavy import dependence, energy expenditures, falling reserves and forest area, and inefficiencies in the power sector.

Keywords: energy security; energy indicators; index; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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