🚨 Solar Boom in Pakistan! 🇵🇰

Pakistan is riding a massive solar surge — it imported ~17 GW of solar panels in 2024 alone, making it one of the fastest-growing solar markets globally.

⚡ Key points:

Over 95% of those panels came from China.

Solar now provides around 25% of Pakistan’s utility electricity.

In the first 9 months of fiscal year 2025, the country imported 12.7 GW more.

🌍 This isn’t just a clean-energy win. It’s a sign of a bottom-up revolution — driven by households, businesses, and farms opting out of the unstable, expensive grid.

👉 What this means:

Pakistan is on its way to dramatically reshaping its energy mix

Cheap solar + high electricity prices = major economic shift but, the rapid change raises policy and infrastructure challenges (e.g. grid strain)

@ThePulsePoint