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Rooftop solar has boomed in Pakistan since 2022 as tariffs rose and panel prices fell.
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LDA City streetlights to go solar: 200-watt LED poles approved for Jinnah Sector
The Lahore Development Authority's governing body approved funding for solar LED streetlights in LDA City's Jinnah Sector, the first step in moving all of the scheme's street lighting off the grid.
29 Oct 2026
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$2.25 billion lithium battery factory at Taxila ready to start within 6 to 8 months of policy approval
Construction and machinery are already in place at Heavy Industries Taxila. The factory now waits on a battery policy that has sat with the industries ministry since March.
27 Oct 2026
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China plans to ban export of perovskite, tandem and fluidized-bed polysilicon solar technology; TOPCon and HJT restricted
Beijing's commerce ministry wants 12 solar-manufacturing technologies on its export-control list, with comments open until 15 November. What it covers, and what it does not.
18 Oct 2026
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Sri Lanka nationwide blackout: grid trips as solar output tops demand, rooftop owners told to switch off
Sri Lanka had been without grid power for more than two hours on Saturday afternoon. The utility suspects too much solar power on a low-demand day, the same cause as the February 2025 shutdown.
17 Oct 2026
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Pakistan climbs 22 places to 157th of 177 on the 2026 environment index
Yale's Environmental Performance Index scores Pakistan at 29.03, up from 179th in 2024. The rank moved. The air in Lahore has not, yet.
19 Sept 2026
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Pakistan's first SPAC: LSE SPAC I raises Rs 250m to list a solar firm on PSX
A blank-cheque company bought 19pc of Ningbo Green Light Energy. If the court clears it, a solar installer reaches the PSX without a traditional IPO.
18 Sept 2026
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Rs 1.04 trillion to private power plants, Rs 186bn to WAPDA for nearly as much
Senate figures put Tarbela at Rs 2.70 a unit and Sahiwal coal at Rs 34.17. The gap between dam power and IPP power is what sits on your bill.
18 Sept 2026
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CCP: old feeders and weak grid are capping Pakistan's solar and net metering
The Competition Commission says distribution networks cannot handle two-way power flows, which is limiting net metering even as panel prices sit near Rs 29 per watt.
17 Sept 2026