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Our Approaches
Renewables First is dedicated to driving a just and inclusive energy transition through three key approaches: Research, Advocacy and Communications, and Partnerships.
Research
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Data-driven research to identify and promote evidence-based and implementable solutions.
Advocacy & Communication
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Amplifying the importance of energy transition by raising awareness, advocating with stakeholders, and driving discourse for sustainable policies and practices.
Partnerships
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Forging networks and partnerships by collaborating with diverse stakeholders, organizations, and communities to foster cooperation, knowledge-sharing, and collective action towards a just and inclusive energy transition.

Our Programs

Enabling Pakistan's Energy Transition

At Renewables First, we are enablers of energy, our programs create opportunities to accelerate Pakistan’s clean energy transition.

Pakistan's electricity system is stuck repeating outdated decisions while better solutions remain locked out of the grid.

What We Do: We strengthen long-term electricity planning, advocate for market competition, and improve grid flexibility through energy modeling, stakeholder engagement, and policy reform. Our goal is building a reliable, affordable, and renewable electricity system that can integrate clean energy at scale and respond to real-time demand.

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Power Markets

Pakistan's electricity system is stuck repeating outdated decisions while better solutions remain locked out of the grid.

What We Do: We strengthen long-term electricity planning, advocate for market competition, and improve grid flexibility through energy modeling, stakeholder engagement, and policy reform. Our goal is building a reliable, affordable, and renewable electricity system that can integrate clean energy at scale and respond to real-time demand.

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Power Markets

Energy decisions are made with incomplete information as critical data remains scattered across agencies and inaccessible to those who need it most.

What We Do: We transform Pakistan's energy sector from one operating on assumptions to one driven by evidence. Through accessible dashboards, regular analysis, and comprehensive data platforms, we ensure the path toward renewable energy is guided by facts rather than politics, fundamentally changing how energy decisions are made.

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Data & Analytics

Pakistan's energy transition faces a critical financing bottleneck as less than 1% of private sector credit flows to renewable energy, while legacy expensive fossil fuel investments have kept the current energy infrastructure hostage.

What We Do: We aim to transform Pakistan's energy financing landscape from an exclusive system into an inclusive, market-driven ecosystem that accelerates renewable energy deployment. Through innovative financial instruments, institutional capacity building, and policy advocacy, we enable new clean energy investments by removing barriers that currently block renewable energy development.

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Energy Finance

Global energy cooperation falls short of what's needed for Global South development pathways, with bilateral partnerships failing to evolve beyond traditional approaches. Progress remains hindered by outdated, centralized and infrastructure-heavy models.

What We Do: We transform international energy cooperation from conventional fossil-based mega infrastructure projects to meaningful collaboration that enables local manufacturing, technology transfer, and green finance flows. Through high-level dialogues, mobilizing global green capital, and business matchmaking, we support the establishment of new models for South-South cooperation, particularly focusing on cooperation with China, that other developing economies can replicate.

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Energy & Climate Diplomacy

Pakistan's energy transition is held back by widespread knowledge gaps as many working in energy and climate lack access to relevant, localized, and practical learning. Higher education institutions fail to produce professionals that meet energy sector workplace demands, creating a critical void that undermines Pakistan's energy transition efforts.

What We Do: We build expertise needed to drive informed energy transition through a three-tiered approach targeting internal teams, partner organizations, and the broader ecosystem. Our flagship Margalla School on Energy & Climate develops young professionals who become champions of evidence-based energy policy within their organizations.

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Learning & Development