Assessment of Sustainable Biomass Energy Technologies in Pakistan Using the Analytical Hierarchy Process

Hira Soomro, Syed Feroz Shah, Wasayo Sanam Sahito, Mohammad Aslam Uqaili, Laveet Kumar (), Jonathan Daniel Nixon and Khanji Harijan ()
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Hira Soomro: Department of Basic Sciences and Related Studies, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Pakistan
Syed Feroz Shah: Department of Basic Sciences and Related Studies, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Pakistan
Wasayo Sanam Sahito: Civil Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makah 24381, Saudi Arabia
Mohammad Aslam Uqaili: Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Pakistan
Laveet Kumar: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Pakistan
Jonathan Daniel Nixon: Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing, Coventry University, 1 Gulson Road, Coventry CV1 2JH, UK
Khanji Harijan: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro 76062, Pakistan

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 18, 1-19

Abstract: Pakistan is not merely confronting the energy crisis but also dealing with the scarcity of economical technologies for the utilization of energy resources. From the basic resources, renewable energy is one of the considerable resources. Due to environmental issues related to greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollution in Pakistan, the other energy resources are constricted. In rural areas, biomass resources are a fundamental need for domestic purposes. The prominent reason for environmental degradation and deforestation is due to ineffective use of such resources. Biomass resources for heating and cooking purposes are abundantly available in rural areas of Pakistan. In this context, this study helps us select the applicable cookstove technologies for the Sindh province for the proper utilization of biomass resources. The AHP (analytical hierarchy process) was used as the central methodology for the cookstove ranking. Concerning its improvement, four main criteria corresponding to 12 sub-criteria were considered for the selection of three cookstove technologies, i.e., traditional cookstoves (TCS), efficient cookstoves (ECS), and biogas cookstoves (BCS). The final decision of the AHP framework exposed the ECS technology as the advantageous technology, followed by the BCS and TCS, respectively. To analyze the results, a sensitivity analysis of the major results has also been carried out, and under the final ranking matrix, the ECS alternative got the highest weightage, nearly 36.56%, based on the developed model.

Keywords: biomass energy; analytical hierarchy process; cookstoves; sensitivity analysis; Pakistan (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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