Want to go solar? Here’s what you should know

Knowing unit economics and some basic technicalities is important

Eventually, we’re all going to have to rely on the sun. That much is an unfortunate (or fortunate depending on how you look at it) fact. Pakistan has continued to lag behind in electricity production over the decades with coal, oil, and hydel production all failing to effectively meet demand. And if the infrastructural problems were not enough – there are the environmental realities that make our reliance on the sun inevitable. 

In such a situation, while commercial use might be a little far, a lot of domestic users in the country have already become early adopters of solar technology. Seeing homes, mosques, small businesses, parks, and street lights powered by solar panels is a common enough sight all over the country. Surprisingly the technology has even permeated in lower-income neighbourhoods as well as smaller cities. 

And why would it not? With electricity a growing cost, the unit economics of going solar more than make sense. There is very much a future, in fact, where middle and upper-middle class households should be powered by solar energy to the extent that they also have cheaply available electric cars that they can fuel through the sun and run completely off the grid. Energy from the sun is being wasted until we use it.

 

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Asad Ullah Kamran
Asad Ullah Kamran
The author is a staff member and can be reached at [email protected]

2 COMMENTS

  1. Which is the power source,which has NIL SUPPLY CHAIN/MATERIAL RISK & LOGISTICS RISK ?

    &

    Which is the power source,which can be run at 100% or more capacity – & no need for spinning or reactive power,& which is base load & peak load power.

    & THAT IS NUCLEAR POWER !

    Even if Thar Lignite Coal is beneficiated,there can be a logistics problem,on occasions and perpetual pollution .

    Import Chinese reactors on 40 year loans, with decommissioning contracts,with HW initial load
    Import the Fuel Rods,from PRC
    Make the Chinese take back the DU & SNF to salvage the PU & U-235
    Some Fuel Rods – can be made in Pakistan – after importing Yellow Cake/UF6/LEU from PRC (with some fuel diversion for HEU)
    Place order for Nuke Subs,with PLN – & divert the HEU,for sub fuel
    No Chinese Power reactors, under IAEA safeguards

    The World is sitting on more than 200000 tons of DU & SNF – so there is NO Uranium shortage,and PRC is ramping up Nuke Capacity,at the same time.dindooohindoo

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