{"id":13995,"date":"2026-03-19T02:19:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/k-e.gr\/?p=13995"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T00:23:30","slug":"blognews-news-20260319-pakistan-led-solar-boom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/k-e.gr\/index.php\/blognews-news-20260319-pakistan-led-solar-boom\/","title":{"rendered":"How Pakistan\u2019s people-led solar boom is easing impact of Middle East energy crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-13995\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-13995-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13995-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-13995-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-13995-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13995-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-13995-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-334eeca80698-13995\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/k-e.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pakistan-solar.jpg\" width=\"730\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/k-e.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pakistan-solar.jpg 730w, https:\/\/k-e.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pakistan-solar-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/k-e.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pakistan-solar-600x348.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" title=\"pakistan-solar\" alt=\"pakistan-solar\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-13995-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13995-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-13995-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><em><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Caption: Men salvage belongings including a solar panel from their flooded home in Jaffarabad, Pakistan, in September 2022.<\/span> Photograph: Fareed Khan\/AP<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After prices of liquefied natural gas surged to record highs after Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, millions of people in Pakistan were repeatedly left without electricity. An intense heatwave and gas shortages amid record-breaking prices resulted in power cuts across the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But people soon started to realise there was an alternative. The falling costs of solar panels and generous government incentives to feed excess power back to the grid made rooftop solar an attractive option.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who could afford to do it at that time realised that it was much cheaper and cost-effective and better for them in the long run to do a one-time investment in rooftop solar as opposed to keep paying high electricity bills from a grid that is also unreliable,\u201d said Nabiya Imran, an associate at Renewables First, a Pakistani thinktank.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since then, there has been a stunning surge in rooftop solar deployment in Pakistan. Aerial photos of the city of Lahore capture the scale of the bottom-up rollout. Nationwide, the share of electricity generated by solar jumped fivefold between December 2021 and December 2025, according to data from Ember, another thinktank. Renewables First estimates the figure reached about one-fifth of the country\u2019s grid-supplied electricity in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the war in Iran chokes off a key global oil and gas trade route through the strait of Hormuz, energy analysts say Pakistan\u2019s solar expansion has so far insulated the power sector from the worst of the energy market disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we\u2019re certainly seeing some impacts, the expansion of distributed solar in the country has provided a cushioning effect against the impacts [of the energy crisis] which could have been much worse had solar not been present in the country,\u201d Imran said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Booming solar generation has reduced the need for gas to generate electricity, especially during the day. Before the war in Iran broke out, Pakistan was diverting cargoes from a long-term supply agreement with Qatar because of falling gas demand. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) still contributes about a fifth of Pakistan\u2019s power mix but it is mostly used to meet evening demand peaks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Analysis by Renewables First and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air shows that as of February 2026, Pakistan\u2019s solar surge had helped to avoid about $12bn in oil and gas imports.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Haneea Isaad, an energy finance specialist at the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), said: \u201cDistributed solar has been a blessing for Pakistan, preventing at least any immediate supply crunches in the gas sector. Pakistan serves as a great case study as to how renewables can provide a hedge against dependence on fossil fuels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the country is still bracing for disruptions to its economy as the war in Iran continues to block tankers from shipping millions of barrels of crude oil each day, which the International Energy Agency has described as the largest supply disruption in history.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Isaad said: \u201cPakistan is highly dependent on the Middle East for its oil and gas imports, with over 90% of its LNG and oil resources passing through the strait of Hormuz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2024 alone, Pakistan spent more than 10% of its GDP on fossil fuel imports. Soaring oil prices have pushed up prices at the pump by about 20%, which is hitting the transport sector hard and driving inflation. And disruptions to the LNG market have had an impact on the fertiliser sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Last week the government said schools would close for two weeks and half of public sector employees would work from home, as part of a range of measures to curb fuel use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Pakistan\u2019s power minister, Awais \u200cLeghari, told Reuters that \u201cthe people-led solar revolution\u201d as well as government decisions to invest in nuclear, hydropower and domestic coal power had reduced the country\u2019s vulnerability to global LNG supply disruptions. But a prolonged crisis could lead to additional shortages in the summer, when demand for air conditioning soars, he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Imran said doubling down on investments to roll out electric vehicles, updating the grid and supporting the deployment of batteries that can store excess solar power and discharge it in the evenings would help the country reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cIf anything, the crisis will probably motivate more people to adopt rooftop solar as well as battery storage in the future. For Pakistan, and I think for a lot of other countries, the energy transition towards renewables is no longer just about climate but it\u2019s a matter of energy security,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The conflict in the Middle East has left the region particularly exposed to higher prices and fuel shortages as 80% of the oil that transits through the strait of Hormuz is destined for Asia. Bangladesh, Myanmar and the Philippines have introduced fuel rationing measures, and in India hot food and drinks are disappearing from menus amid fears of a shortage of cooking gas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Ramnath Iyer, the Asia sustainable finance lead at IEEFA, said: \u201cA lot of these problems could have been avoided if Asian countries had switched faster to renewables.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">But the region bet on a massive build out of LNG infrastructure. India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan alone have $107bn in LNG terminals and gas pipelines that have been announced or are under construction, according to data from Global Energy Monitor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In most Asian countries, the cost of solar energy and storage is already economically competitive with the price of gas, Iyer said. \u201cAsian economies really have every incentive to accelerate the move towards renewables. It is actually a win-win both in terms of availability as well as in terms of cost, including storage,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Like Pakistan, Vietnam\u2019s rapid expansion of its solar capacity could help the government reduce the costs of fossil fuel imports. Meanwhile in Thailand, expanding solar and battery capacity targets could save $1.8bn in power generation costs by 2037, according to Ember.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In the Philippines, where prices at the pump have increased by 40%, rooftop solar combined with battery storage could help mitigate rising costs in areas that are underserved or not connected to the grid and rely on diesel power plants, said Gaspar Escobar Jr, of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities, which is installing solar panels on the roofs of government buildings, hospitals and other infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Dinita Setyawati, a senior energy analyst at Ember, said Asian countries were at \u201ca really important juncture\u201d. \u201cWe\u2019ve had several shocks to oil and gas in the past \u2026 but it seems that the lessons learned have not been applied seriously. Renewables, grids, but also storage, could be the holy trinity solutions for the energy dilemma for the whole of the Asia region,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-13995-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-13995-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-13995-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/k-e.gr\/index.php\/home-en\/\">Home Page<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Falling costs and government incentives make solar an attractive option for many, reducing need for gas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,833],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-en-blognews","7":"category-news-en","8":"czr-hentry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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