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2 Million Solar & 1 Million Improved Cook Stoves Throuth IDCOL
(May 11, 2013) Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a non-bank financial institution owned by the
Government of Bangladesh, is a market leader in financing infrastructure projects and renewable energy technologies
in Bangladesh. So far, more than 2 million SHSs have been installed under its SHS program. The Company has a target to
finance 4 million SHSs by 201 [...] |
EU readies heavy tariff on China solar panels
BRUSSELS: The European Commission proposed yesterday what an EU source said was an urgently needed anti- dumping levy on imports of Chinese solar panels, allegedly unfairly subsidised by a government that has retaliated in kind to similar moves.
The Commission, the EU’s executive arm, is now canvassing member states to see if they agree with a provisional heavy tariff of [...] |
Solar irrigation pumps to be installed in northern, southern districts
About 22 solar irrigation pumps will be installed in the country’s northern and southern region under the private sector.
According to official sources, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) initiated a project under which private investors will set up the solar-run irrigation pumps, each having nearly 8 kilowatt capacity.
The Power Ministry designed the pr [...] |
Study reveals high demand for solar home systems
The use of solar panels gained momentum in the recent years, revealed a study of the state-owned Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).
The BIDS said 1.7 million Solar Home Systems (SHSs) had been sold since the inception. Of them, about 78 per cent were sold only in the last three years.
It also said the market of solar panels measuring 20 Watt Peaks (WP) ac [...] |
US interested to invest in Bangladesh s renewable energy
The United States has shown its interest to become partnership with Bangladesh in the fields of renewable energy, water management, and exploring opportunities for joint study or research for low cost solutions to green technologies.
The interest was shown in a number of meetings with Environment and Forest Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud with high-level officials of US Depar [...] |
JICA support sought for eco-friendly energy efficient motor vehicle
Commerce Minister GM Quader has sought the support of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for young Bangladeshi engineers to invent and manufacture echo-friendly energy efficient motor vehicles.
Appreciating the Japanese donor agency’s role in different development programmes, he said such support could play a vital role in promoting young Banglades [...] |
Solar irrigation must be made cheaper: Matia
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury recently said the cost of solar irrigation must be reduced substantially before any expansion in the country.
The cost of solar panels to be used in the farm sector must be reduced if the government wants to support its expansion in the agriculture sector, she said at the inaugural session of an international workshop in the city.
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Bangladesh achieves highest growth in solar systems installations
With an average of over 50,000 new installations each month, Bangladesh now has got the fastest growing solar home systems programme in the world.
The World Bank has been supporting the solar home systems programme to provide electricity in rural Bangladesh since 2002 through the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Project (RERED), says a WB press release.
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AB Bank to set up solar mini grid
AB Bank Limited in collaboration with Target on the Socio Economic Development for Community (TSDC) and Pacific Solar and Renewable Energy Limited (PSREL) are going to install 25KW Solar Mini Grid at the village Sunchi in Tangail.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed among AB Bank Limited, TSDC and PSREL in Dhaka recently.
As per [...] |
Koica installs 1,250 solar home systems
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) has installed 20 solar-powered irrigation pumps and 1,250 solar home systems to provide electricity to neglected, poor farmers and villagers of various remote areas in Bangladesh.
Koica, the Korean government’s developmental instrument, initiated the project to promote the use of environment friendly, green, renewable en [...] |
World atlas on renewable energy launched
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on January 13 launched the world's first atlas on clean energy which will offer open-access information on countries' renewable energy potential.
"The Global Atlas is the largest ever initiative to help countries assess their renewable energy potential, and companies bringing together data and maps from leading tec [...] |
IDCOL to instal one lakh bio gas plants by 2016
Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) will introduce one-lakh bio gas plants in rural areas across the country by 2016.
The company already set 25,500 Biogas plants in rural areas through its Partner Organizations (POs) under National Domestic Biogas and Manure Programme (NDBMP) from June 2006.
“IDCOL is implementing the programme with support from governme [...] |
IBBL, Grameen Shakti ink MoU on bio-gas plants
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) signed a MoU with Grameen Shakti on installation of bio-gas plants in the rural areas.
Md Abdul Mannan, Managing Director of Islami Bank and Abser Kamal, acting Managing Director of Grameen Shakti, signed a MoU on behalf of their organisations at the bank’s board room in Dhaka Sunday, said a press release.
Syed Abdullah Md Saleh [...] |
Renewable energy investment in Scotland expected to reach record high in
EDINBURGH: Renewable energy investment in Scotland is set to exceed 1 billion pounds (1.6 billion U.S. dollars) and set a new record in 2012, according to figures released recently.
Scotland's renewables sector generated 10,401 GWh of electricity over the first three quarters of 2012, a 15.2-percent increase compared with the same period in 2011, the previous record [...] |
India to give 3,000 solar lamps to Bangladesh coastlines
India will provide some 2,800 solar lamps to Bangladesh’s southwestern coastlines which was ravaged by the devastating cyclone Sidr in 2007.
An Indian High Commission statement said on December 26 a project (of installing solar lamps) is in advanced stage of implementation. The first installation has already been made at Morelganj, Bagerhat District in December 2 [...] |
Canada green energy scheme broke trade rules, says WTO
A Canadian scheme to pay green energy companies more for their electricity if they use local technology broke World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules, the global body said recently in a ruling that could lead to challenges against similar programmes.
The WTO largely backed complaints from Japan and the European Union that the scheme set up by the Canadian province of Ontario disc [...] |
Bangladesh hits 1 million solar home systems
Increased installation of solar-home systems (SHS) at villages across the country has reduced pressure on national-grid power supply, encouraging more people to adopt the system.
According to a report, about 1000 SHS are being installed everyday lightening more villages with all other modern facilities based on SHS power supply.
“It turns out all that small solar has ac [...] |
Grameen solar systems reach one million homes
Grameen Shakti (GS) has reached the landmark of the installation of one million solar home systems in the country's rural areas on November 30, according to a statement recently.
At the present rate of expansion, GS will reach the two million homes by the end of 2016.
This expansion has been backed by the loans and subsidies provided by Idcol, a government organisation [...] |
Renewable Energy Dev Authority Bill finalised
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources on November 8 finalised the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority Bill, 2012 for placing it before the Jatiya Sangsad soon.
The decision was taken at the 41st meeting of the committee held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban with its chairman Mohammad Subid Ali Bhuiyan in the [...] |
Chinese-made solar panels could cost US exporters
The US decision to approve steep duties on Chinese-made solar panels could cost American exporters a growing market, Chinese Commerce Minister Chen Deming said Saturday, adding that he didn't want to see a trade war.
The US International Trade Commission voted last week in favour of duties ranging from 23.75 per cent to about 250 per cent, ruling that a flood of cheap sol [...] |
Gazipur Solar Panel Plant to start soon
BANECO Solar Energy Ltd, aGerman-Bangladesh joint-venture, will start manufacturing European standardsolar panel in the country very soon.
The company has already set up amanufacturing plant at Gazipur at a cost of Taka 27.27 crore, in effort toreduce country's dependence on import of Solar panel.
A K M Mazibur Rahman, ManagingDirector of BANECO solar said on Saturday [...] |
Countries must switch to renewable energy by 2015
Countries must switch to renewable energy sources and start reducing global carbon emissions no later than 2015 to prevent the planet from tipping into dangerous climate instabilities, said climate change experts recently.
They were addressing a national consultation on COP 18 organised by Bangladesh Unnayan Parishad, Oxfam and European Union in the capital’s Jatiya Pr [...] |
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