Pakistan has experienced one of the world’s fastest expansions of consumer solar in recent years, driven by falling panel prices and high grid electricity costs. Net-metered solar capacity reached 7,319 megawatts by March, according to the government’s latest Economic Survey.

The government is separately pursuing battery storage on the national transmission network. A BESS project in Jhampir, a major wind-energy region in the southern province of Sindh, is expected to be completed by the end of this year and will help stabilize the frequency of the national grid, the ministry said.