Pakistan Is Underreporting Its Solar Power Generation

Pakistan's official energy statistics are missing a major source of electricity as the rapid expansion of rooftop and other distributed solar systems is not fully reflected in national energy figures.

Key points

• While solar adoption continued to growth throughout residential and agricultural consumers, industrial electrification improved from 20 percent to 25 percent between FY23 and FY25.
• While noted energy consumption grew by 8 percent, for FY25, official figures indicated primary energy supply increasing by just 1.6 percent.
• The report estimates that distributed solar displaced around 13 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in primary energy supply requirements during FY25.
• The expansion of solar power has additionally climbed Pakistan's overall electrification rate to 27 percent.
• Without this contribution, Pakistan would have needed an equivalent extra amount of fossil fuel supplies to meet the same level of energy consumption.

While noted energy consumption grew by 8 percent, for FY25, official figures indicated primary energy supply increasing by just 1.6 percent. Nevertheless, these figures do not account for the further energy generated through distributed solar installations, according to the "Renewables First, Pakistan Energy Market Review, 2026" (PEMR26) report. Solar Firm Becomes First to Join PSX Through Merger.

For context, the report estimates that distributed solar displaced around 13 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in primary energy supply requirements during FY25.

Notably, the expansion of solar power has additionally climbed Pakistan's overall electrification rate to 27 percent.

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