EnergyReader · 2026-08-06 08:02

Pakistan rooftop solar boom upends grid economics as power demand jumps 21%

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 6, 2026

Pakistan's electricity demand rose 21% in the two years to financial year 2025, yet grid generation actually fell 3%, a split that signals how quickly distributed solar has upended the country's power market. Rooftop panels, not the central grid, met all of the new demand during that period.

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