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Solar panels become wedding dowries in Pakistan boom
Original: Solar panels are so popular in Pakistan they’re being used as wedding dowries. That boom is now challenging a power sect
Solar panels have become so sought-after in Pakistan that families are giving them as wedding dowries. The surge in rooftop solar adoption is straining the national power sector, which owes billions of dollars to Chinese lenders, and highlighting complications in China's push to lead the global energy transition as demand for grid electricity falls.
Why now: The striking image of solar panels as dowries frames a bigger story about Pakistan's debt to China and the disruption of its power sector.
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