{"id":5345,"date":"2025-04-13T13:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/?p=5345"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:56:00","slug":"not-china-but-a-worse-enemy-22-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/not-china-but-a-worse-enemy-22-america\/5345\/","title":{"rendered":"22 GW installed and Pakistan is quietly threatening America’s solar ambitions"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world is changing, more renewable alternatives are being developed and innovations are expanding, and the one country that everyone keeps an eye on is China, the “king of solar energy”. While America has been running around implementing tariffs to stimulate local market growth, another unexpected competitor has just emerged. It is not China but a worse enemy.<\/a> This contender is often viewed as nothing and poor and not capable of achieving anything worth competing for because of the history it has and how the nation has just unfolded over time, the contender? It is Pakistan.<\/p>\n

It gets better, or worse, depending on how you view it, but definitely not better for America. Pakistan has installed 22 GW of solar energy ready to blow up photovoltaics in America. With this energy objective, Pakistan is not just simply lighting homes but rewriting its history and tapping into the energy market<\/strong> with a strong hold over other nations globally.<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s solar shock: How a vulnerable country achieved a clean energy miracle<\/h2>\n

If you were to tell me that the country making energy waves and threatening America is Pakistan, I would have laughed it off. However, Pakistan is leading the rest of the world on the solar march, according to PV Magazine.<\/em> With the support of private and public investment, the nation has already begun building a powerful solar rollout with 22 GW ready to blow up photovoltaics in America.<\/a><\/p>\n

In addition to reporting on the notoriously inaccurate export numbers of solar modules from China to Pakistan in recent years, industry analyst Jenny Chase from BloombergNEF is most known for her analysis of satellite imagery to monitor the growth of solar power, and suddenly, there are a tonne of photovoltaic systems in Pakistan.<\/strong> Despite all of the unanswered questions, incomplete information, and errors, solar power is growing significantly.<\/p>\n

Pakistan’s solar shock stands out because of the timing as well; it grew in just a few years, quietly innovating its renewable energy sector and resources. Perhaps we should call it the “Solar underdog”. Some of the wealthiest countries, such as China, Germany and America, can feel the rivalry, and they did not see it coming at all. Both local and global industries are impressed, as reported by PV Magazine.<\/em><\/p>\n

This would seriously jeopardise the growth plans of the American solar industry<\/h2>\n

Pakistan’s sudden growth and development are intriguing and encouraging; however, it could jeopardise the growth plans of the American solar industry.<\/strong> Reports state that America is already going through issues such as China’s low-cost dominance, convoluted trade regulations, and supply chain limitations. Therefore, the emergence of Pakistan just added another problem for America since it is trying to keep its head out of the water.<\/p>\n

This is what will transpire: Pakistan will be able to export some of its energy across nations, attract investments and potentially establish itself as a global energy hub. On the other hand, America, which is still trying to find its feet, will lose funding in the process, making it lose its value in the energy industry. Who knows, Pakistan could one day be a leader in renewable energy.<\/p>\n

According to PV Magazine,<\/em> Pakistan is the fifth most populous country in the world<\/a>, with 250 million inhabitants. It is ranked 46th with a gross domestic product of $338 billion,<\/strong> which is about the same as the gross domestic product of the 6.4 million-person German state of Hesse. Therefore, it is interesting to witness how the nation is pushing boundaries and not allowing its reputation or past to define its future. Karl-Heinz Remmers, an author at PV Magazine,<\/em> expressed that he is excited to see how the people in Pakistan will continue to keep their borders open and develop their country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The world is changing, more renewable alternatives are being developed and innovations are expanding, and the one country that everyone keeps an eye on is China, the “king of solar energy”. While America has been running around implementing tariffs to stimulate local market growth, another unexpected competitor has just emerged. It is not China but … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_focus_keyword":"america","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"A worse enemy than China is going to blow out American photovoltaics with 22 GW. How crisis-ridden Pakistan is leading the world in solar energy.","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoportal.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}