CATL-backed CNTE enters Pakistan with Treet Battery agreement

Treet Battery Limited has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Contemporary Nebula Technology Energy Co. Ltd. (CNTE). The deal commits CNTE to explore long-term energy storage opportunities in Pakistan while offering the Chinese manufacturer a route to market in a country where solar additions have been soaring.

Lead-acid battery seller Treet has experience collaborating with Asian manufacturing partners – the company assembles and distributes Daewoo batteries in Pakistan, making use of battery technology from the South Korean brand.  

The collaboration with CNTE is expected to see the company bring its CATL-cell-based energy storage product portfolio to the Pakistan market, making use of Treet Battery Limited’s local market presence, existing distribution network and after-sales infrastructure. The MoU calls for cooperation across residential, commercial and industrial energy storage solutions, and opens to door to local assemble “in the future.”

Founded in 2019, CNTE is backed by investment from the world’s biggest battery manufacturer CATL as well as Nebula Electronics. The company is expanding its presence in Pakistan at a time when distributed solar deployment continues at pace.

Battery storage additions have not seen the rapid acceleration in deployment that has characterized Pakistan’s solar market since 2024, however Pakistan Solar Association CEO Waqas Haroon Moosa told ESS News in 2025 that the country needs to declare a “battery emergency”. Moosa, who is also CEO of Lahore-based Hadron Solar, has called for more supportive regulations to facilitate investment in grid-scale BESS.

Recent policy changes that may support battery storage growth include a revision to Pakistan’s generous net metering rules. Initially introduced as a retroactive measure, before being overturned, the new net metering regulations will lead to lower payback rates for those with net-metered contracts when current contracts expire.