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Pakistan has secured 10,450 MW of Chinese solar modules in the first half of 2024, marking a significant change in the region’s energy markets. This accomplishment highlights China’s strategic alliance with Pakistan as well as the country’s growing commitment to renewable energy.
Chinese solar module exports reached a record 120,427 MW in the first half of 2024 thanks to their aggressive pricing methods, which helped them dominate the global solar industry. With an approximate 7,150 MW increase over the previous record set in the first half of 2023, this figure represents a 6.3% year-over-year rise. A think tank called Ember has found that since the start of 2020, China has exported almost 720,000 MW of solar module capacity.
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A major decline in module prices, which averaged 13.7 cents per megawatt in the first half of 2024 as opposed to 18 cents/MW in 2023, was crucial to this export boom. Chinese modules are now the most reasonably priced alternative for solar production capacity available worldwide, with prices having virtually halved from their average in 2022.
With 43% of all exports, or 52,158 MW, of Chinese solar modules, Europe emerged as the main market. However, because of high loan rates, worries about economic development, and trade tensions with China, which slowed demand for solar installation across the continent, this figure was 20% lower than it was during the same period in 2023. After the first half of 2023, Europe’s buying total for a half-year period was the second-highest ever, despite the downturn.
Despite being 25% lower than in the same period in 2023, the Netherlands dominated the European market with 23,421 MW of capacity imported in the first half of the year. Although they had decreased, Dutch imports during this time period were still more than twice as high as those of any other country. As per Ember’s study, while Spain, Germany, and Italy made noteworthy purchases as well, their volumes significantly decreased during the year.
After purchasing 10,511 MW of capacity in the first half of the year, Brazil was China’s second-largest market. In contrast to a minor fall in imports by Latin America as a whole during the first half of the year, this represented a 10% gain from the same period in 2023.
Due to strategic alliances and competitive pricing, Pakistan has emerged as a major market for Chinese solar modules, signalling a substantial shift in the region’s energy mix towards renewables. This development helps with worldwide efforts to battle climate change and improves Pakistan’s energy security.