**5. Conclusion**

The conventional energy resources like oil, gas, and coal are very important for the improvement in economics of a country. A country like Pakistan is fully dependent on the conventional energy sources in spite of knowing its bad effects for health and environment like greenhouse effect, global warming effect, etc. Pakistan

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is blessed with all the renewable energy sources like hydro, wind, and geothermal, and for solar power generation also, it is a suitable country. But, the main problems to generate power from renewable energy resources are funds and politics. All the factors like emission of greenhouse gases, availability of resources, land requirements, water consumption, social impacts, and price of power generated are taken into consideration for the classification of renewable energy sources. Wind power generation is considered as lowest water consumption, lowest relative greenhouse gas emission, and most favorable social impacts. It is considered as one of the most sustainable renewable energy sources, followed by hydropower, photovoltaic, and then geothermal. Biomass is considered suitable for the small-scale industries because of saving of fuel in considerable amount. Local employment, better health, job opportunities, job creation, consumer choice, improvement of life standard, social bonds creation, income development, demographic impacts, social bonds creation, and community development can be achieved by the proper usage of renewable energy system. Along with benefits of renewable energy resources, these are complex to install and are local environmental and conditions sensitive. Their forecasting, execution, and planning require more consideration and knowledge as

The author thanks the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, for providing the necessary facilities for carrying out this research.

Department of Electrical Engineering, Mehran University of Engineering and

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compared to other projects.

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*Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts of Renewable Energy Resources DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89494*

is blessed with all the renewable energy sources like hydro, wind, and geothermal, and for solar power generation also, it is a suitable country. But, the main problems to generate power from renewable energy resources are funds and politics. All the factors like emission of greenhouse gases, availability of resources, land requirements, water consumption, social impacts, and price of power generated are taken into consideration for the classification of renewable energy sources. Wind power generation is considered as lowest water consumption, lowest relative greenhouse gas emission, and most favorable social impacts. It is considered as one of the most sustainable renewable energy sources, followed by hydropower, photovoltaic, and then geothermal. Biomass is considered suitable for the small-scale industries because of saving of fuel in considerable amount. Local employment, better health, job opportunities, job creation, consumer choice, improvement of life standard, social bonds creation, income development, demographic impacts, social bonds creation, and community development can be achieved by the proper usage of renewable energy system. Along with benefits of renewable energy resources, these are complex to install and are local environmental and conditions sensitive. Their forecasting, execution, and planning require more consideration and knowledge as compared to other projects.
