Energy Storage

The article reports that Pakistan’s adoption of distributed solar, mainly behind-the-meter rooftop and small-scale systems, has increased measured electricity demand by about 20% over two years. The growth is attributed to consumers adding solar capacity and then drawing more power from the grid as solar makes electricity more affordable or reliable for daytime loads, appliances, and commercial activity. The trend points to a shift in Pakistan’s power market, where decentralized generation is no

CATL’s leadership is tempering expectations around solid-state batteries, saying the technology is still at an early-to-mid stage of development and will not deliver a major breakthrough before 2030. The company describes its progress as level 4 out of 9, suggesting meaningful technical advances have been made but that commercial readiness remains limited by remaining engineering, manufacturing, cost, and reliability challenges. For the EV industry, the comments are significant because CATL is o