Are solar panels becoming a headache for the govt?

ISLAMABAD: The government has turned to the World Bank for assistance in addressing the growing burden of capacity payments, as the country’s energy sector grapples with the impact of increasing solar power generation.

The private sector’s import of solar panels has reached a substantial capacity of 6,800 megawatts (MW) and people are more inclined to go off the grid by installing solar panels on their roofs, according to a report published in The News.

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The people have already managed the self-generation of 3,000 MW by solarization through net metering.

However, on this particular issue, the World Bank showed its inability to come up with an instant solution for tackling the increasing capacity payments issue in the wake of solarization by consumers