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Fertilizer Sector: Energy Efficiency and Decarbonization (EE&D) Opportunities

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-06T17:04:28Z
dc.date.available2025-08-06T17:04:28Z
dc.date.issued2025-08-06
dc.description.abstractPakistan’s fertilizer sector makes a significant contribution to the country’s economy, accounting for approximately 4.4 percent of large-scale manufacturing output and 1 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP). As part of the large-scale manufacturing sector, the fertilizer industry is driven primarily by agriculture, particularly crops. The sector’s reliance on natural gas makes it vulnerable to supply disruptions and price volatility. Consequently, government policies on gas allocation, subsidies, and environmental regulations play a crucial role in shaping the industry’s performance. The production of ammonia, an intermediate product in the manufacture of fertilizer, is a particularly energy intensive value-chain process; natural gas accounts for 70 percent of the total energy consumption in ammonia manufacture with coal, oil, and electricity used in lesser quantities. Overall, more than 9 percent of gas supplied to the industrial sector in Pakistan is utilized by fertilizer industries. Production of urea makes up nearly 70 percent of the fertilizer sector’s output while the rest consists of products such as di-ammonium phosphate (DAP), calcium ammonium nitrate, nitro phosphate (NP), and various mixes of nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium (NPK). According to the country’s latest greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory, emissions from fertilizer production amounts to 7 percent of overall national industrial emissions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) from ammonia production is the main source of direct GHG emissions from the sector however, fertilizer plants capture most of the CO2 for reuse in the manufacture of urea. This note describes decarbonization interventions to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in the fertilizer sector while increasing industrial competitiveness and providing wider economic and environmental benefits.en
dc.identifierhttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publication/9d14f56d-a9b4-4bfc-a295-d3d51eabdc6f
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/43548
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/43548
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPakistan Sustainable Energy Series
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectFERTILIZERS
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY
dc.subjectDECARBONIZATION
dc.subjectFERTILIZER INDUSTRY
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.titleFertilizer Sectoren
dc.title.subtitleEnergy Efficiency and Decarbonization (EE&D) Opportunitiesen
dc.typeBrief
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.date.disclosure2025-08-06
okr.date.doiregistration2025-08-08T02:11:17.191575Z
okr.date.lastmodified2025-06-28T13:05:16Zen
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Brief
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099062425092529815
okr.guid099062425092529815
okr.identifier.docmidP507230-06514e30-3c85-493b-8a15-d0b8f543a2a6
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum40024513
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum40024513
okr.identifier.report202549
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttps://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099062425092529815/pdf/P507230-06514e30-3c85-493b-8a15-d0b8f543a2a6.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countryPakistan
okr.sectorEnergy Networks and Storage
okr.sectorEnergy and Mineral Resources
okr.themeEnergy and Mining Policies & Reform,Climate Change,Energy and Mineral Resources,Innovation and Technology Policy,Poverty and Equity,Environment, Infrastructure, and Natural Resource Management,Air Pollution,Private Sector Development,Energy Efficient Supply, Innovation, Technology, and Green Competitiveness,Pollution Management,Adaptation,Mitigation
okr.topicEnvironment::Green Issues
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topicEnergy::Coal and Lignite
okr.topicEnergy::Oil & Gas
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