{"id":70138,"date":"2025-04-09T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=70138"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T09:19:44","slug":"solar-panel-prices-drop-in-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/business\/solar-panel-prices-drop-in-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar panel prices drop in Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HYDERABAD: In a significant development for Hyderabad&#8217;s residents,<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/verification-process-for-cm-punjab-free-solar-panel-scheme-starts\/\"> solar panel prices<\/a> have dropped substantially following the government&#8217;s updated net metering policy.<\/p>\n<p>This policy allows <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/technology\/x-formerly-twitter-faces-global-outage-users-report-issues\/\">residential solar users<\/a> to sell excess electricity back to the grid, encouraging citizens to adopt solar energy as a reliable alternative amid growing power outages and rising temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers in the city report a notable decrease in prices, with high-quality 585-watt A-grade solar panels now costing Rs16,500, down from Rs22,000.<\/p>\n<p>This price drop has sparked increased consumer interest, particularly among those seeking to mitigate the impact of frequent load shedding by <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/pakistan-likely-to-cut-electricity-prices-from-this-month-of-2025\/\">HESCO<\/a> (Hyderabad Electric Supply Company).<\/p>\n<p>Citizens are turning to solar power to stay cool and keep their homes running during the harsh summer months. A local shopkeeper notes that even low-income households can now afford solar systems, with some customers purchasing complete setups for Rs20,000 to Rs22,000 to power essential appliances like fans and lights.<\/p>\n<p>Industry experts suggest that solar prices may continue to decline, making the technology more accessible to middle- and lower-income households.<\/p>\n<p>As climate change exacerbates summer temperatures and HESCO&#8217;s load shedding worsens, residents are increasingly relying on solar power as a viable solution. The updated net metering policy has been a game-changer, enabling citizens to harness renewable energy and reduce their dependence on the grid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HYDERABAD: In a significant development for Hyderabad&#8217;s residents, solar panel prices have dropped substantially following the government&#8217;s updated net metering policy. This policy allows residential solar users to sell excess electricity back to the grid, encouraging citizens to adopt solar energy as a reliable alternative amid growing power outages and rising temperatures. Retailers in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":46881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[20471,27666,27665],"class_list":["post-70138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-hesco","tag-residential-solar-users","tag-solar-panel-prices-drop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70138","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=70138"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70139,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70138\/revisions\/70139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}