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The rise in energy requirements and its shortfall in developing countries have affected socioeconomic life. Communities in remote mountainous regions in Asia are among the most affected by energy deprivation. This study presents the feasibility of an alternate strategy of supplying clean energy to the areas consisting of pristine mountains and forest terrain. Southeast Asia has a much-diversified landscape and varied natural resources, including abundant water resources. The current study is motivated by this abundant supply of streams which provides an excellent environment for run-of-river micro vertical axis water turbines. However, to limit the scope of the study, the rivers and streams flowing in northern areas of Pakistan are taken as the reference. The study proposes a comprehensive answer for supplying low-cost sustainable energy solutions for such remote communities. The suggested solution consists of a preliminary hydrodynamic design using Qblade, further analysis using numerical simulations, and finally, experimental testing in a real-world environment. The results of this study show that the use of microturbines is a very feasible option considering that the power generation density of the microturbine comes out to be approximately 2100 kWh/year/m2, with minimal adverse effects on the environment.

This research was conducted in the District of Haripur (Haripur, Khanpur and Ghazi) to increase the yield of pea. Pea seeds were collected from three sources (Farmer, Dealer and Government Organization) from each location in order to investigate the yield traits. Mean values for yield traits of pea seeds were found to be, Embryo damaged Seed 0.77% to 3.31%, inert matter 0.02% to 5.06%, moisture level 7.43% to 6.05%, seed Germination 67% to 91.66%, insect affected seeds 15.33% to 4%, stones and dust particles 32.33% to 9%, viability 87.33% to 55.33%, other variety seed 1.34% to 0%, other crop seed 5.65% to 0% and seed purity (%) were 98.4% to 78.8% for pea seeds collected from haripur, khanpur and ghazi. Seeds collected from Khanpur region possess best seed quality traits. Overall; seed quality of Government organization possesses desirable seed quality and suggested to grow for better yield. Pea farmers of district Haripur should be trained to use lasted techniques of seed storage to minimize the economic losses caused due to inferior quality seeds. Keywords: Locations; Pea; Quality traits; Seed yield http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2019.80121