ChakwalSolar already supplies a quarter of Bestway’s power.
Large industrial users self-generating leaves fixed grid costs to poorer households alone.
Pakistan’s capacity-payment system charges fixed costs regardless of demand, so tariffs rise as buyers like Bestway defect.
Bestway will add 6.34 more megawatts of panels by year-end.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica
- industrial users forced to adopt solar to compete; cement plant now generates 25%+ power from solar—economic necessity not choice
Sources: Ars Technica