Podcast: Pakistan’s solar surge is both good and bad

#livingplanet #solarenergy Not long ago, energy analysts noticed something weird in the data they were tracking. The abnormality was coming from Pakistan. All of a sudden, the country seemed to be using far, far less electricity than before. What the analysts would discover baffled them – it was a different kind of power surge brewing right under their noses. And it could have ripple effects far and wide. #environmentpodcast #Pakistan Interviewees: Shafqat Hussain, resident of Islamabad, Pakistan Dave Jones, EMBER energy think tank, UK Azeem Azhar, author, tech entrepreneur, founder of Exponential View research group, UK Listen and subscribe to Living Planet wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/livingplanet Got a question for us? Email [email protected]. And, if you like the show, leave us a rating and review on whichever podcast platform you use – and tell a friend! Chapters:   00:00 The blackout that almost killed Shafqat’s mother 06:48 The Pakistani electricity mystery  11:00 Solar panels have become so cheap!    13:53 Pakistan’s solar surge is both good and bad 19:13 Batteries are the next step 21:31 Why solar is more than a game changer for Shafqat