Distributed Generation Landscape in Pakistan: An Overview

Pakistan issued net-metering regulations in 2015. These regulations allowed for on-site renewable systems installations (three-phase connections) by domestic, commercial and industrial end-users with capacities ranging between 1 kW to 1 MW. The concept of on-grid citizen energy generation however is still at its infancy in Pakistan. As of 30th December 2019, cumulative distributed generation installed capacity reached 47.6 MW. This brief has been organized to provide major insights on the growth of Distributed Generation in Pakistan (across the 11 distribution companies). The analysis is based on a complete database covering all installations from the year 2016- 2019. It breaks down the distributed generation growth from standpoint of several dimensions including year-wise distribution of net-metering based installed capacity; distribution company wise progression of net-metering installation; as well as category-wise spread of these installations among different sectors.