Confused About Buying Solar Panels? Choose WattsUp

Confused about buying Solar Panels? Choose WattsUp Written by | Syeda Hajra Batool With the rising cost of electricity and inflation alongside the climate change, Pakistan is grappling with economic and environmental challenges. More people are looking for low-cost options to tackle the rising cost of electricity. The solution is solar. Are you one of […]

Solar Net-Metering Generation Reaches 419MW

LAHORE: The solar net-metering power generation has reached 419MW (approximately) with a considerable number of consumers switching to solar across the country. With around 149MW, Lahore Electric Supply Company (Lesco) stands first among 10 power distribution companies (Discos), Dawn has learnt. The net-metering project had been launched in 2016 countrywide. It allows any domestic, commercial, […]

Expanding Solar and Wind in Pakistan Requires Decisive Action

Perhaps there can be a silver lining from the current load shedding–or planned power cuts due to insufficient supply–that is affecting the electricity sector in Pakistan: the immediate implementation of competitive bidding for new solar and wind capacity. For the last few years, the dominant narrative around the electricity sector has been one of “surplus […]

Huge potential for solar and wind in Pakistan

Around 3 years ago the general view in the Pakistan electricity sector was that solar and wind power (together termed “variable renewable energy,” or VRE) should not be allowed to go above 5% of Pakistan’s installed capacity. This view was in part due to fears of the variability of solar and wind and their impact […]

Pakistan Solar Industry

Pakistan has some of the highest values of insolation in the world with eight to nine hours of sunshine per day, ideal climatic conditions for solar power generation. With a population of over 220 million, Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world with an annual estimated population growth rate of 2.07%. The […]

Solar PV on canals and water bodies

ISLAMABAD: Solar PV plants with a total of 8,000-megawatt capacity are projected to be installed in Pakistan by the year 2030. Based on a typical plant of 50MW, it would mean 160 solar PV plants. Solar PVs are best installed near the point of consumption to save cost, transmission assets and losses. Although solar PV […]