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TL;DR: low cost supply from China
layered with a bunch of what reads to me as cope about how it’s driven by market forces in Pakistan and not [gasp] state policy
China uplifting the global South through cheap solar, electric mobility (not just cars but ebikes, scooters, etc), and digital connectivity. What a change of pace from the previous centuries of Western subjugation (to put it mildly) and extraction of resources.
the e-scooters with swappable batteries are so cool
Yeah I figured this was a
command-f Chinasort of story.
It imported 17 gigawatts of solar panels in 2024
analysts estimate around 15 gigawatts was installed last year compared to peak electricity demand in the country of about 30 gigawatts
At this rate, pakisthan might have virtually all its electricity come from solar by the end of next year or something.
Just for reference, Argentina has 45 million people and has 43,5 GW of peak capacity versus 240 million pakistanis of now same peak capacity; so the numbers of air conditioners and fridges in Pakistan will be able to (eventually) quadruple maybe
Which begs the fucking question imagine being a manufacturing-for-export country but because of those fucking parasites you are not able to sell in your own potentially gigantic internal market, why wont your burgeois ass kill those electro landlords?
Installed peak capacity and average production are not the same, but yeah. Consumption will shoot up cuz right now apparently lots of people have periodic blackouts
It’s an important distinction, but in this case the article is fairly consistently using peak generation, plus since this solar power is disconnected from the grid, measuring actual production is very difficult.
But if poor(ish) people can buy the solar panels, what’s stopping big grid producers from doing so? The “death spiral” scenario is only posible if those grid landlords dickheads don’t invest shit and keep on landlording; nevermind that’s a legit possibility
exactly
TIL pakistan has 250 million people 5th most populous country on Earth.
