ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is moving toward establishing domestic manufacturing of solar panels and energy storage batteries as part of a broader strategy to reduce import dependence and strengthen the country’s renewable energy sector.
It has been reported that a new policy regarding solar power has reached the final stages of its approval which seeks to change the country’s reliance from basic assembly of solar panels to manufacturing the components locally.
Prime Minister’s Special Assistant to Industry and Production, Haroon Akhtar Khan said this during an interview on a Pakistani television network where he said the goal is to manufacture domestic products and promote innovations in the field of renewable energy.
The solar energy policy aims to pay close attention to developing advanced technologies in the field of energy storage batteries and store the energy collected during the daytime to use it during nighttime. The energy storage system and the remaining components will be manufactured locally in Pakistan.
The officials claim that this step will help save foreign exchange reserves as the import of solar energy components will be minimized.
Moreover, the government hopes that this project will hasten the shift towards more affordable and sustainable energy solutions by establishing a self-sustaining renewable energy supply chain in the country.
There is no official statement about the exact schedule for the implementation of this initiative, although officials have stated that this plan is almost finished.
