Alternative to Oil and Gas: Review of Economic Benefits and Potential of Wind Power in Pakistan

<table class="table-group" id="tab5"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Technology</td><td class="align_center">Land requirement (km<sup>2</sup>/1000 MW)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Solar PV</td><td class="align_center">35</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Wind</td><td class="align_center">100</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hydro</td><td class="align_center">750</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Biomass</td><td class="align_center">5000</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Coal</td><td class="align_center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Oil</td><td class="align_center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Gas</td><td class="align_center">2.5</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Nuclear</td><td class="align_center">2.5</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Land required by technologies for power generation (source: [<a href="/journals/mpe/2020/8884228/#B20" target="_blank">20</a>, <a href="/journals/mpe/2020/8884228/#B22" target="_blank">22</a>]).</div>

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