Pakistan's rooftop solar boom shines spotlight on power crisis

With a bird's eye view, the rooftops of Islamabad are a sea of solar panels. But the Pakistani capital is by no means unique as hundreds of thousands of people across the country are increasingly turning to solar energy. But it seems it's not solar energy's green credentials that are convincing many Pakistanis to switch - instead it is a case of simple economics . Watch here for more details #pakistan #solarenergy #pakistannews #solarpower

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[Mountainouselectricity]

GREAT TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE FOCUSING ON RENEWAL ENERGY

[AyushKumar-otbf]

I'm also planning to install solar pannel in my farm house in my village.

[loknathbehera]

In india it takes a minimum of 4-5 years to get the investment back on a solar project because the price of solar is high (because of tariff on Chinese panels) and electricity is relatively cheap. So the transition is also slow.

[Finesta-butter-bean]

China is dumping its excess capacity on a bankrupt nation. And they have so many imported coal fired plants made by china at really bad per unit rates. They need to pay the chinese firms even if they never consume a unit.

[juamu]

they can sell the extra electricity to afghanistan.

[prakxyz]

This is not a positive thing.
Their are deep issues in paikhanastan. This solar adoption has increased their discom issues

[kaustubhjr]

So use dollars to import solar panels. Great idea.

[FighterHrithik]

Atleast some of them have started using their brain in this country. I pray God gives more wisdom to this Jihadis

[haridasification]

They borrowed heavily and that has led to this boom in solar panels

[subrato]

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