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Solar industry accelerates shift from silver as costs soar

LONDON: Solar panel producers are intensifying efforts to replace silver with alternatives such as copper after...

Published 20 Feb, 2026 05:29am

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Net-billing, distributed solar, and Pakistan’s energy transition

Pakistan’s recent shift from net-metering to net-billing for rooftop solar users has triggered intense debate. For...

Updated 19 Feb, 2026 05:57am

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Net-metering fiasco: robbing Peter to pay Paul?

The reduction of Rs 4.4 per unit in electricity tariff for industries was announced on 30 January by Prime Minister...

Updated 17 Feb, 2026 06:27am

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Net-metering: how a policy turns into a fiasco

EDITORIAL: First things first, Federal Minister for Power Sardar Awais Khan Leghari has defended recent regulatory...

Updated 16 Feb, 2026 09:30am

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KP shifts 7,000 mosques on solar energy

PESHAWAR: Secretary Energy and Power Nisar Ahmed while chairing a review meeting here Thursday on the progress of ...

Published 13 Feb, 2026 07:58am

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Prosumer initiative: Leghari explains to NA govt’s decision

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Power Awais Leghari on Thursday reassured the National Assembly that the government’s...

Published 13 Feb, 2026 05:47am

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PPP slams govt’s revised solar net metering policy

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) on Wednesday strongly criticised the government’s revised solar net...

Published 12 Feb, 2026 04:44am

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Farmers term net-metering policy ‘economic killing’

LAHORE: The General Council of Kissan Board Pakistan (KBP), with participation from representatives of all four...

Published 12 Feb, 2026 04:44am

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Business community opposes net metering regulations

KARACHI: The business community has raised alarm over the proposed Net Metering Regulations 2026, warning that...

Published 12 Feb, 2026 04:44am

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PM Shehbaz orders review appeal against Nepra’s solar consumer ruling

ISLAMABAD: In a decisive move to address concerns over new regulations affecting solar energy users, Prime Minister...

Updated 12 Feb, 2026 09:10am

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Pakistan’s solar PV capacity could save billions of dollars in fossil fuel imports: study

Much of Pakistan’s energy debate continues to rely on incomplete data, study says

Published 11 Feb, 2026 10:40pm

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Business community warns new regulations threaten renewable investment

Sharp disparity between buying and selling rates to significantly extend payback period for solar investments

Published 11 Feb, 2026 03:35pm

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Prosumer regulations

Pakistan’s net-metering policy was introduced with a clear and noble objective: to accelerate the adoption of...

Updated 11 Feb, 2026 05:16am

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Industries: PD says working on peak tariff rationalisation plan

ISLAMABAD: The Power Division on Friday said it was working on a plan to rationalize peak electricity tariffs for...

Published 07 Feb, 2026 05:45am

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BR RESEARCH: December power demand tells a different story

December’s hourly electricity profiles tell a quieter but more consequential story than the solar-heavy distortions...

Updated 06 Feb, 2026 08:24am

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BR RESEARCH: Pakistan’s solar future: Prosumer regulations at critical juncture

The power regulator, NEPRA, is set to hold a public hearing today (Friday) regarding the Draft Prosumer Regulations...

Updated 06 Feb, 2026 09:32am

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Solar adoption: govt seeks to boost daytime power consumption

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is working on another electricity tariff package aimed at boosting daytime power...

Updated 30 Jan, 2026 08:10am

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OPINION: From solar subsidy to system stress: rethinking net metering in Pakistan

The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority’s (Nepra’s) latest revision in net metering scheme stirred an...

Updated 22 Jan, 2026 09:13am

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OPINION: Solar success, system strain: why policy must catch up

Pakistan’s rooftop solar revolution has delivered cleaner power at record speed, but without urgent policy resets,...

Updated 20 Jan, 2026 09:06am

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Cherat Cement to invest Rs1.85bn in battery storage, solar capacity

In a move to curb escalating electricity costs and expand renewable energy use, Cherat Cement Company Limited (CHCC)...

Published 16 Jan, 2026 03:52pm

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BR RESEARCH: Hidden anomalies in electricity tariff setting

NEPRA’s FY26 tariff decision shows a puzzling divergence between consumer classification, electricity consumption,...

Updated 15 Jan, 2026 07:54am

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Egypt signs renewable energy deals worth USD1.8bn

CAIRO: Egypt has signed renewable energy deals worth a combined USD1.8 billion, state TV reported on Sunday. Among...

Published 12 Jan, 2026 05:00am

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PM for shifting loss-making feeders to solar power

ISLAMABAD: In a bold push to reform the country’s struggling energy sector, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on ...

Updated 10 Jan, 2026 07:31am

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OPINION: Solar energy

Proposed amendments to the draft of National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Prosumer) Regulations, 2025 are...

Updated 04 Jan, 2026 08:06am

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Sindh govt initiates probe into World Bank-funded solar energy project

ISLAMABAD: The Sindh Government admitted a huge amount of misappropriations and irregularities in the USD100 million...

Updated 31 Dec, 2025 08:06am

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Dynea Pakistan expands wind project in Balochistan

The Board of Directors of Dynea Pakistan Limited, a chemicals manufacturer, has approved the installation of a 2.5MW...

Published 26 Dec, 2025 01:33pm

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Jinko Solar’s latest PV module launched

LAHORE: Jinko Solar’s latest high-efficiency PV module-Tiger Neo 3.0, featuring module efficiency up to 24.8-percent...

Published 25 Dec, 2025 06:17am

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Solar panels seized by Customs: PM seeks distribution plan

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), Power Division and...

Updated 24 Dec, 2025 07:25am

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Solarisation in Pakistan: affordability remains binding constraint, says study

Equity gap represents not just market failure but fundamental challenge to equitable energy transition

Published 23 Dec, 2025 10:12pm

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Pakistan’s solar rush unlocked $17-19bn in private investment in 8 years: study

In FY25 alone, solar mobilised $5-6bn, emerging as one of Pakistan’s strongest channels of private capital, study ‘The Many Dividends of Solar Rush in Pakistan’ says

Published 12 Dec, 2025 10:31pm