The government has set a target to generate 2,000 megawatt (MW) renewable energy in 2021 which is 405MW at present.
Category: Renewable
No complain in first ‘mass hearings’ of DPDC
STAFF REPORTER With the tagline ‘Dependable electricity, satisfied customer’, Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) organized the first installment of its six series ‘mass hearings’ on Monday in its Dhanmondi 5A office.
The renewable energy revolution
by John A. Mathews Sydney – In the United States and Europe, the benefits of renewable energy are predominantly seen as environmental. Energy from the wind and sun can offset the need to burn fossil fuels, helping to mitigate climate…
First-ever sustainable energy roadmap for the Caribbean launched
Worldwatch Institute study suggests CARICOM-wide energy and climate targets and outlines strategies and initiatives for achieving them Washington, D.C.-The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has received recommendations for reaching an ambitious regional target of 48percent renewable energy generation by 2027. The Caribbean…
SkyPower to invest billions in Kenya, Bd solar markets
The Canadian solar developer will double its pledged investment in Kenya to $4.4bn, unveils bold plans to pour $4.3bn into Bangladesh’s fledgling solar PV industry. SkyPower, the Canada-based developer of solar PV projects, has this week announced two ambitious plans…
Bangladesh 1st country to receive UN funds for solar home systems
Bangladesh was in news on August 20, 2015 as it received 3.56 million US Dollar Carbon Credit from UN Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) for its fast growing solar home systems. With this, Bangladesh became the first country to…
Another 1.1 million low-income people to get solar power
The World Bank, acting as administrator for the Global Partnership on Output-Based Aid (GPOBA), has signed a US$15 million grant agreement with the Government of Bangladesh to increase access to clean energy in rural areas through output-based aid (OBA) subsidies.…
Pathway to affordable, sustainable energy in Dominican Republic
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday July 7, at the Energy Ministry of the Dominican Republic in Santo Domingo, the Worldwatch Institute presented analyses and recommendations to government officials and energy stakeholders to support a transition to a sustainable energy system in…
China to cap rising emissions by 2030 in boost to Paris deal
China formally committed to halting the rise in its greenhouse gas emissions within the next 15 years on Tuesday, in a much anticipated strategy to help build a UN climate deal in 2015. The world’s top greenhouse gas emitter said…
Innovative strategies for dissemination of biogas technology
M A Gofran Biogas is an old technology. Volta invented biogas in 1776. In Bangladesh it was introduced by Dr. Karim in 1972. At present, there are about 100,000 biogas plants in the country. Biogas technology is now known in…
Renewable energy’s helps uncouple growth & CO2 Emissions
Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; Renewable energy targets created in 20 more countries, new total: 164; Renewables account for over 59% of net additions to world’s power capacity; Policy-makers more attentive to green energy heating /…
South-south collaboration fuels uptake in renewable energy
In Asia, India and Bangladesh have the most number of jobs in renewable energy. Anna Valmero reports Innovations in the renewable energy sector will be driven by collaboration among developing countries, signalling a shift from more established economies dominating technology…
Weather threatens Solar Impulse Pacific crossing attempt
Poor weather conditions could hamper a record-breaking attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean using a solar-powered plane. The Solar Impulse craft is a day into what was expected to be a 130-hour journey from China to Hawaii. However, meteorologists say…
Solar Impulse takes off for six-day, six-night Pacific flight
The revolutionary Solar Impulse 2 aircraft took off early Sunday for a six-day, six-night flight over the Pacific Ocean, the most ambitious leg of its quest to circumnavigate the globe powered only by the sun. Pilot Andre Borschberg, 62, left…
Scaling up waste to energy
Dr Atiur Rahman Congratulations to IFC and the Royal Danish Embassy for this Launch Ceremony of ‘Waste to Energy Scale Up Project’, which is their joint effort in demonstrating a sustainable business model for generating renewable energy from farm wastes.…
Your next home may run off a battery
The future of home energy sits in Josh and Susan Fried’s Rockville basement near shelves of old tools and canned soup, an unadorned box the size of a wine cooler filled with a dozen silent batteries. Annoyed by blackouts, the…
Why India is still looking for a perfect cookstove
By Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar On many mornings, especially in winter, a pall of smoke hangs over the villages of Palwal district in Haryana, a landscape of tractors, brick kilns and new colleges. It’s the haze of thousands of hearth fires burning…
UN: New renewables broke through 100GW barrier in 2014
New renewable generating capacity broke the 100GW barrier in 2014, equivalent to the entire fleet of nuclear power plants in the US, a UN report shows. Global investment in renewable energy during 2014 increased by 17 per cent from 2013…
Bangladesh aims to be world’s ‘first solar nation’
By Pantho Rahaman DHAKA, Bangladesh (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Residents of Islampur, a remote village in the northern Bangladeshi district of Naogaon, were stunned one night last summer when the darkness was suddenly illuminated by electric lights coming from a…
Sustainable energy starts with the sun
By Malini Shankar Baroda, India, Jan (IPS) – It began with an experiment to install photovoltaic cells over an irrigation canal that forms part of the Sardar Sarovar canal network – a massive hydel power project across the River Narmada…
Solar mamas engineer energy security in a Rajsthan community
Ranjan Panda and Hema Yadav To buck migration, the Barefoot College has turned to mothers and grandmothers to light up villages Satabhaya village, in Kendrapada district of Odisha, is barely 65 km from the district headquarters, but it can be…
Many renewable sources ‘now cheaper than fossil’
The cost of generating power from renewable energy sources has reached parity or dropped below the cost of fossil fuels for many technologies, the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) has revealed. Irena’s “Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014” report concludes…
Harnessing canal top solar power: Gujarat way
By Nava Thakuria It was a sunny afternoon, when the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon inaugurated a canal top solar power plant at Vadodara (earlier known as Baroda) of Gujarat in western India, where the UN chief highly commended the vision…
Renewable energy market barriers in Latin America, the Caribbean
Washington DC – The region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is already a global low-carbon leader in terms of power generation from hydrological and biomass resources. Declining costs, maturing technologies, and vast untapped potentials including geothermal, solar, and…
Rise and Shine: Haiti’s sustainable energy future
Washington D.C- Haiti’s electricity sector stands at a crossroads. Haiti depends on imported petroleum for 85% of its electricity generation, diverting 7 percent of its annual gross domestic product to importing fuel. Still, only 25% of the Haitian population has…
Bangladesh solar revolution fanfare misses principal actor
The role of the Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has been acclaimed for the installation of three million solar home systems in the country in the last one decade. Amid huge media hype a plan to install another three million…
The solar revolution and prospect of green energy
Dr. Atiur Rahman I want express my heartfelt congratulation to IDCOL for their excellent achievement. But, this is not only celebrating moment, but also turning point for green energy investment. WHY? The energy sector poses a particular challenge for green…
PM joins 3million solar home systems celebration
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the target has been set to bring three million more families under renewable solar energy system through Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) in the next three years. The PM was inaugurating programme organised…
‘Solar power users report reduced energy expenses’
It was a life for them without electricity until recently. But, things have changed fast when they got access to off-grid solar home system. They are happy as it generates enough power for lights, televisions, radios, mobile phone charging and…
IDCOL wins Asia Power and Electricity Award
Bangladesh’s Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has won the ‘Asia Power and Electricity Award 2014’ in the category of ‘Solar Project of the Year’. A press release on Wednesday said the award was given for IDCOL’s efforts, accomplishments, and positive…