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Solar home systems reduce Co2 emissions
Staff Reporter
Solar Home System (SHS) has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emission by 75,000 tonnes a year in the country, a senior official of the Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (IDCOL) said.
This was stated by IDCOL director Farmanul Islam while presenting a paper on solar energy at a seminar on “Opportunities in Solar Energy Application: Rural and Urban Areas in Bangladesh” at the Council Room of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) yesterday. Electrical Engineering Division of IEB organised the seminar.
State Minister for Power and Energy Brig Gen (Retd) Muhammed Enamul Huq was present in the seminar as chief guest .IEB President Dr SM Nazrul Islam, Chairman of Electrical Engineering Division of IEB Eng Mohammed Ali, Solar Energy Society General Secretary Dr Saiful Hoq, Deputy Secretary (Retd) Rafique Ahmed, Prof Nuruddin, Eng Md Abdul Alim and Eng Mazbahur Rahman Tutul addressed the function.
Hasna J Khan, Chairman of Energy Systems (BD) Limited, presented the keynote paper.
The IDCOL Director said that a total of 3.34 lakh SHS installed in the rural and urban areas are producing 18MW of electricity everyday.
The SHS covers at least 1.7 million people mainly in remote rural areas across the country, the IDCOL official said.
He said that the government plans to install ten lakh SHS by 2012 to produce 54MW of electricity everyday.
The government is offering loan to interested people to install SHS at 6 to 8 per cent repayable in 6 to 10 years, according to him.
Hasna J Khan in her keynote paper said energising villages is a part of the national strategy for poverty reduction. She called upon the industrialists to set up SHS at their business establishments to reduce the pressure on the national grid.
Saiful Hoq laid emphasis on installing SHS on rooftop of high-rise buildings.
Rafique Ahmed urged the government to support farmers to install SHS for irrigation purpose.
Muhammed Enamul Huq said that the government would extend cooperation for the production of renewable energy to reduce nagging electricity crisis.
