Country powers ahead on off-grid solar
More than the technology it is the advocacy that allowed the Bright Green Energy Foundation (BGEF) to install more than 145,000 solar home systems (SHS) that benefit eight million rural people in Bangladesh.
SHS units including solar panels, battery and regulator are not displayed in showrooms. Instead BGEF has been directly promoting the benefits of its environment-friendly technology in the field since 2010, when it was registered.
Dipal Chandra Barua, the founder of BGEF, puts his faith in rural-based Green Technology Centres...