Energy, or more specifically alternative energy has always been a solution aimed at this world that is currently depended on fuel (oil) based energy. In Pakistan, this is no different. However, massive adaptation of alternative energy sources is missing.
The most notable alternative energy sources available to us are nuclear, hydro, solar and wind.
The most plentiful power source we have in Pakistan is solar – as anyone who sweats in the heat here would know! – the sun is upon us almost 365 days a year and that too with harsh intensity. Why do we not convert this great source of energy into electricity – on a mass level.
Solar Energy
With enough solar energy reaching the earth’s surface every hour to provide all the power the world needs for a year, solar power is fast becoming an essential component of the long-term solution to our energy needs. The potential is huge and largely untapped. As solar technologies get cheaper and conventional energy prices rise, it is an increasingly economic choice.
Unicorn offers the installation of solar plants utilising either Photovoltaic power (PV) or Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). We have the resources and the project management capabilities needed to develop, construct and operate solar fields for large scale power generation connected to the grid.
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology uses solar collectors to capture and then concentrate the sun’s rays into high-temperature thermal energy which drives a conventional power cycle, such as a steam turbine or a Stirling engine, to produce electricity.
The waste heat of CSP plants can be used for sea water desalination and as steam power plants. CSP plants can be combined with fossil energy sources.