Record solar deployment has helped Pakistan reduce its dependency on LNG, averting rolling power blackouts that became the norm four years ago following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz — through which Pakistan receives nearly all of its LNG shipments — could result in short-duration outages as early as April, but analysts say they would not be as bad or widespread as 2022. Behind this is largely the swift deployment of affordable China-made solar panels on homes, businesses, factories and farms, and a decline in demand for grid generation — but also a slowdown in economic activity.

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