{"id":116183,"date":"2026-06-23T18:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=116183"},"modified":"2026-06-23T19:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T14:22:41","slug":"solar-panels-batteries-rates-drop-amid-reduction-in-petrol-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/solar-panels-batteries-rates-drop-amid-reduction-in-petrol-price\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar panels, batteries rates drop amid reduction in petrol price"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: Following the <\/span>reduction <\/span>of <\/span>petroleum <\/span>prices, <\/span>solar <\/span><\/a>panels <\/span>and <\/span>batteries <\/span>witnessed <\/span>a <\/span>sharp <\/span>fall <\/span>in <\/span>their <\/span>prices <\/span>on <\/span>Tuesday.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

With <\/span>this <\/span>price <\/span>reduction, <\/span>citizens <\/span>planning <\/span>to <\/span>install <\/span>solar <\/span>power <\/span>plants <\/span>on <\/span>their <\/span>houses <\/span>would <\/span>anticipate <\/span>a <\/span>major <\/span>relief <\/span>from <\/span>the <\/span>installation <\/span>cost. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As <\/span>per <\/span>market <\/span>sources, <\/span>solar <\/span>panel <\/span>prices <\/span>decreased <\/span>by <\/span>Rs <\/span>5,000 <\/span>to <\/span>Rs <\/span>10,000 <\/span>on <\/span>account <\/span>of the <\/span>reduction <\/span>in <\/span>petrol <\/span>and <\/span>diesel <\/span>prices. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>reduction <\/span>by <\/span>the <\/span>federal <\/span>government <\/span>on <\/span>prices <\/span>of <\/span>both <\/span>petrol <\/span>and <\/span>diesel, <\/span>however, <\/span>was <\/span>expected <\/span>to <\/span>lead <\/span>to <\/span>further <\/span>downward <\/span>price <\/span>revision <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>upcoming <\/span>days. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Similarly, solar market dealers<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>said <\/span>that <\/span>fuel <\/span>costs <\/span>usually <\/span>have <\/span>a <\/span>direct <\/span>impact <\/span>on <\/span>transport <\/span>and <\/span>import <\/span>prices. <\/span><\/span>If <\/span>fuel <\/span>prices <\/span>increase, <\/span>then <\/span>there <\/span>is <\/span>a <\/span>hike <\/span>in the <\/span>cost <\/span>of <\/span>solar <\/span>panels, <\/span>batteries, <\/span>and <\/span>inverter <\/span>prices, <\/span>but <\/span>these <\/span>days, <\/span>due <\/span>to <\/span>improving <\/span>conditions <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>international <\/span>as <\/span>well <\/span>as <\/span>domestic <\/span>markets, <\/span>the <\/span>trend <\/span>of <\/span>price <\/span>decline <\/span>has <\/span>set <\/span>in. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Prices<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of <\/span>batteries <\/span>rose <\/span>quite <\/span>steeply <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>last <\/span>couple <\/span>of <\/span>months <\/span>\u2013 <\/span>some <\/span>brands <\/span>registered <\/span>an <\/span>increase <\/span>between <\/span>Rs <\/span>27,000 <\/span>and <\/span>Rs <\/span>38,000 <\/span>per <\/span>battery <\/span>unit. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

However, <\/span>the <\/span>recent <\/span>downward <\/span>trend <\/span>in <\/span>fuel <\/span>prices <\/span>has <\/span>led <\/span>manufacturers <\/span>and <\/span>distributors <\/span>to <\/span>decrease <\/span>their <\/span>transportation, <\/span>production, <\/span>and <\/span>operation <\/span>costs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As <\/span>such, <\/span>price <\/span>of <\/span>UPS <\/span>batteries <\/span>and <\/span>vehicle <\/span>battery <\/span>prices <\/span>of <\/span>various <\/span>brands <\/span>also <\/span>reduced <\/span>by <\/span>up <\/span>to <\/span>Rs <\/span>5,000. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Similar <\/span>trends have <\/span>also <\/span>started to be <\/span>seen <\/span>for the <\/span>prices <\/span>of <\/span>batteries, <\/span>which <\/span>are <\/span>generally <\/span>used <\/span>in <\/span>the <\/span>solar <\/span>system. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This <\/span>could <\/span>lead <\/span>to <\/span>affordability <\/span>in <\/span>household <\/span>solar <\/span>installations. <\/span><\/span>Meanwhile, <\/span>surging <\/span>energy <\/span>costs, <\/span>rising <\/span>utility <\/span>bills, and <\/span>the <\/span>trend <\/span>of <\/span>consumers <\/span>shifting <\/span>towards <\/span>solar <\/span>is <\/span>going <\/span>on <\/span>a <\/span>pace; <\/span>the decrease in prices<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>can <\/span>help middle-income<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>groups <\/span>to <\/span>shift <\/span>towards <\/span>alternative <\/span>solar <\/span>energy <\/span>sources.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Other <\/span>sources. <\/span>Meanwhile, Sindh <\/span>CM <\/span>Murad <\/span>Ali <\/span>Shah <\/span>also <\/span>announced <\/span>an <\/span>option <\/span>to <\/span>finance <\/span>solar <\/span>power systems for<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the <\/span>middle-class <\/span>population, <\/span>which <\/span>is <\/span>facing <\/span>rising <\/span>energy <\/span>costs. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>Sindh <\/span>CM <\/span>said <\/span>people <\/span>installing <\/span>solar <\/span>power <\/span>systems <\/span>would <\/span>have <\/span>to <\/span>pay <\/span>monthly <\/span>installments <\/span>that would be<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>almost <\/span>the <\/span>same <\/span>as <\/span>their <\/span>electricity <\/span>bills. <\/span><\/span>‘ <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span>consumer paying a Rs<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>25,000 <\/span>monthly <\/span>bill <\/span>would <\/span>pay <\/span>almost <\/span>the <\/span>same <\/span>amount <\/span>of <\/span>instalment <\/span>for <\/span>the <\/span>solar <\/span>system, <\/span>which <\/span>will <\/span>get <\/span>covered <\/span>in a <\/span>few <\/span>years, <\/span>and <\/span>later <\/span>he <\/span>or <\/span>she <\/span>would <\/span>avoid <\/span>a <\/span>hefty <\/span>electricity <\/span>bill,’ <\/span>Murad <\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHORE: Following the reduction of petroleum prices, solar panels and batteries witnessed a sharp fall in their prices on Tuesday. With this price reduction, citizens planning to install solar power plants on their houses would anticipate a major relief from the installation cost. As per market sources, solar panel prices decreased by Rs 5,000 to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":105587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[11740],"class_list":["post-116183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-solar-panels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116200,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116183\/revisions\/116200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}