Pakistan's 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy

Post by flakeoil » Tue, Apr 08, 2025, 2:51 PM UTC

blackhawkC17 wrote: post #15

roenxi wrote: post #7

It is nice to see good news from time to time. I think the bigger question here is what role Chinese policy is playing in this story. Is their involvement strictly commercial? Have Chinese politicians decided on some sort of Marshall Plan-style approach to the Middle East? The US has spent decades destabilising this region of the globe. I am hopeful that China and India will want peace and prosperity instead and we'r…

> I think the bigger question here is what role Chinese policy is playing in this story. Is their involvement strictly commercial? There's little government policy behind it. It's basically: Chinese companies invest in massive production of solar panels and drive prices down to unprecedented levels. Pakistani individuals and businesses, facing energy shortages and very expensive grid power, decide to invest in solar…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 08, 2025, 2:55 PM UTC

pastage wrote: post #19

If a 1000W panel is 4 square meter, that is cracy amount of square kilometers.

Post by dogman144 » Tue, Apr 08, 2025, 2:59 PM UTC

blackhawkC17 wrote: post #15

roenxi wrote: post #7

It is nice to see good news from time to time. I think the bigger question here is what role Chinese policy is playing in this story. Is their involvement strictly commercial? Have Chinese politicians decided on some sort of Marshall Plan-style approach to the Middle East? The US has spent decades destabilising this region of the globe. I am hopeful that China and India will want peace and prosperity instead and we'r…

> I think the bigger question here is what role Chinese policy is playing in this story. Is their involvement strictly commercial? There's little government policy behind it. It's basically: Chinese companies invest in massive production of solar panels and drive prices down to unprecedented levels. Pakistani individuals and businesses, facing energy shortages and very expensive grid power, decide to invest in solar…

Post by FlyingSnake » Tue, Apr 08, 2025, 3:06 PM UTC

pastage wrote: post #19

If a 1000W panel is 4 square meter, that is cracy amount of square kilometers.

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 08, 2025, 3:08 PM UTC

flakeoil wrote: post #22

pastage wrote: post #19

If a 1000W panel is 4 square meter, that is cracy amount of square kilometers.

It's a big country.