The effect of transitioning from diesel to solar photovoltaic energy for irrigation tube wells on annual groundwater extraction in the lower Indus Basin, Pakistan

Nearly 86 % of the 1.4 million agricultural tube wells extracting groundwater for irrigation of crops in Lower Indus Basin (LIB) Pakistan are powered by diesel fuel. Diesel is expensive, needs to be imported and contributes to global warming through CO2 emissions. The increasing global focus on clea...

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Auteurs principaux:	Muhammad Khalid Jamil, Wouter Julius Smolenaars, Bashir Ahmad, Sanita Dhaubanjar, Walter Willem Immerzeel, Arthur Lutz, Ghani Akbar, Fulco Ludwig, Hester Biemans
Format:	Artigo
Langue:	Inglês
Publié:	Elsevier 2025-04-01
Collection:	Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
Sujets:	Solar PV energy Solar pumps Irrigation Indus basin Groundwater over-extraction Upscaling
Accès en ligne:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266615432500170X
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