Bangladesh has become the world's fastest growing market for solar system

[BDforever]

Women Empowered by Solar Energy in Bangladesh - YouTube

 

[mb444]

Fantastic. The solar grids should power every household in the country. I have seen solar panels covering the whole of the roof of blocks of flats in dhaka connected to the backup generators. I have spoken to the people who live in that block. They said the solar panels reduce the overall electric consumption of the block by at least 15%. That's very good. These latest sytem are much more powerful than the rural systems. The life of that system is 20-25 years so that the cost is recouped within a few years.

We have abundance of sunlight, it's a resource we should fully utilise.

I also saw fantastically ingenious use of solar energy. Solar panel to power a battery that powers mini fans inside a rickshaw! It also powers lights in the rickshaw.

Solar panels that charges a battery that powers neon signs and illuminates billboards outside our village a few miles outside Dhaka.

Solar panels that powers automated systems that drops food into ponds at a fish farm.

Solar panels that powers a line of mobile phones chargers at a shop and they charge 5tk to fully charge a phone or 20k for a laptop. Absolutely brilliant.

Solar energy will change the face of BD.

 

[Mattrixx]

Fantastic. The solar grids should power every household in the country. I have seen solar panels covering the whole of the roof of blocks of flats in dhaka connected to the backup generators. I have spoken to the people who live in that block. They said the solar panels reduce the overall electric consumption of the block by at least 15%. That's very good. These latest sytem are much more powerful than the rural systems. The life of that system is 20-25 years so that the cost is recouped within a few years.

We have abundance of sunlight, it's a resource we should fully utilise.

I also saw fantastically ingenious use of solar energy. Solar panel to power a battery that powers mini fans inside a rickshaw! It also powers lights in the rickshaw.

Solar panels that charges a battery that powers neon signs and illuminates billboards outside our village a few miles outside Dhaka.

Solar panels that powers automated systems that drops food into ponds at a fish farm.

Solar panels that powers a line of mobile phones chargers at a shop and they charge 5tk to fully charge a phone or 20k for a laptop. Absolutely brilliant.

Solar energy will change the face of BD.

Solar panels are still not suitable for BD. They cost high. But gives less electricity.
It will take many decades to get a perfect technology to produce mass electricity
from solar energy.

 

[WAR-rior]

Congrats if thats uselful for you guyz. As the above person said, its technology still not cost effective and poor RoI. Otherwise why wud India not use it like Bangladesh is doing. Must have some good reason. Neways, its always good to have a start. Efficiency comes with tym.

 

[TopCat]

Solar panels are still not suitable for BD. They cost high. But gives less electricity.
It will take many decades to get a perfect technology to produce mass electricity
from solar energy.

Cost of not having electricity even higher. People are using solar panels where grids are unavailable.

 

[saleen_s7]

Fantastic. The solar grids should power every household in the country. I have seen solar panels covering the whole of the roof of blocks of flats in dhaka connected to the backup generators. I have spoken to the people who live in that block. They said the solar panels reduce the overall electric consumption of the block by at least 15%. That's very good. These latest sytem are much more powerful than the rural systems. The life of that system is 20-25 years so that the cost is recouped within a few years.

We have abundance of sunlight, it's a resource we should fully utilise.

I also saw fantastically ingenious use of solar energy. Solar panel to power a battery that powers mini fans inside a rickshaw! It also powers lights in the rickshaw.

Solar panels that charges a battery that powers neon signs and illuminates billboards outside our village a few miles outside Dhaka.

Solar panels that powers automated systems that drops food into ponds at a fish farm.

Solar panels that powers a line of mobile phones chargers at a shop and they charge 5tk to fully charge a phone or 20k for a laptop. Absolutely brilliant.

Solar energy will change the face of BD.

Some extremely very bold claims. Solar power is extremely inefficient and uneconomical. Not to mention, it takes up way too much space. For Dhaka, the plan is not viable. However, some villages and rural areas, it can be used given that government gives out grants and subsidies. The efficient rate is around 11-12%. The chinese global solar producing company, suntech, went bankrupt.

 

[iranigirl2]

Mashallah Bangladesh! This is very good news!!

 

[mb444]

Some extremely very bold claims. Solar power is extremely inefficient and uneconomical. Not to mention, it takes up way too much space. For Dhaka, the plan is not viable. However, some villages and rural areas, it can be used given that government gives out grants and subsidies. The efficient rate is around 11-12%. The chinese global solar producing company, suntech, went bankrupt.

The claims do not seem that bold at all. 15% of the electricity consumption of the building that is provided by the emergency generator plus lighting of all common areas inside and out. I do see that the way I explained one may conclude that solar was providing 15% off total electricity usage. No that is not the case. However the electricity generated still quite good and after cost is recouped via savings represents near cost free energy. Imagine if every building was covered top to bottom with solar panels and plugged into the national grid how much clean green electricity could be generated.

Regarding the block of flats in Dhamnundi feel free to check it out. It's on the road going off at Shonkor bus stand off sat musjid road. Its about 5th or 6th building in.


All other examples I saw myself in kaliakur village, gazipur. Go see if you don't believe me. People can see the benifit of solar energy and are using it in innovative and purely Bangladeshi centric fashion. Dude as the video shows and I can attest to it if you drive out to the country by the roadside you now have little tea shops which are open throughout the night playing a tv and doing steady trade. When I was a kid these shops would have shut as soon as it was evening. Electricity is a transformational development catalyst and solar energy has changed BD for the better.

 

[Skies]

Grid-Tied Solar Systems

We should encourage using Grid-Tied Solar Systems. It means, if my solar panel produces 100Kw power, then it will be added to the Nation grid, and in exchange of that, if I pull 1000kw from the National grid in a month when I consume power, we will pay only for 900kw. In this system no battery is needed, so solar system cost is minimized in one way, and we get the full efficiency.

Advantages of Grid-Tied Systems

1. Save more money with net metering

A grid-connection will allow you to save more money with solar panels through better efficiency rates, net metering, plus lower equipment and installation costs:

Batteries, and other stand-alone equipment, are required for a fully functional off-grid solar system and add to costs as well as maintenance. Grid-tied solar systems are therefore generally cheaper and simpler to install.

Your solar panels will often generate more electricity than what you are capable of consuming. With net metering, homeowners can put this excess electricity onto the utility grid instead of storing it themselves with batteries.

Net metering (or feed-in tariff schemes in some countries) play an important role in how solar power is incentivized. Without it, residential solar systems would be much less feasible from a financial point of view.

Many utility companies are committed to buying electricity from homeowners at the same rate as they sell it themselves.


2. The utility grid is a virtual battery

Electricity has to be spent in real time.

The electric power grid is in many ways also a battery, without the need for maintenance or replacements, and with much better efficiency rates. In other words, more electricity (and more money) goes to waste with conventional battery systems.

 

[mb444]

Congrats if thats uselful for you guyz. As the above person said, its technology still not cost effective and poor RoI. Otherwise why wud India not use it like Bangladesh is doing. Must have some good reason. Neways, its always good to have a start. Efficiency comes with tym.

Because India does not have broad based grass root government/NGO structure championing developing and encouraging use of solar energy. Gramin bank is the pioneer of micro credit, is now pioneer of off-grid green electricity generation. Technology is good enough and represents value of money and an enabler of better living standard for the BD masses. What India does is irrelevant, BD development is broader, more sustained than India even without the same level of GDP growth as India. Most of our social indicators beat India.

Solar energy works for BD, the ROI of such investment for a rural family is measured by increase in lifestyle, security, extended economic activities, ability of the children particularly girls to be educated etc. The ROI is definately very high for those who are out of the reach of the national grid.

 

[Skallagrim]

It's tempting to believe solar energy is free. But cost per unit of solar electricity is actually much higher than that of electricity produced by natural gas or coal. People in areas with no electricity line may think of solar electricity but it should never be considered where govt spending is involved. I heard that several ministers and MPs of Awami govt are doing the solar business in BD right now. In many cities govt installed street light powered by solar energy each one of them costing 80,000 BDT. This I think is a complete waste of taxpayers' money and outright criminal.

 

[Skies]

I heard that several ministers and MPs of Awami govt are doing the solar business in BD right now.

I heard that it is mandatory to install a solar system in a newly build building, otherwise, you will not get electricity connection in your new building, that is why we see a lots of solar panel on roofs now a days. It's also a good business trick by ALwalas.

 

[saleen_s7]

The claims do not seem that bold at all. 15% of the electricity consumption of the building that is provided by the emergency generator plus lighting of all common areas inside and out. I do see that the way I explained one may conclude that solar was providing 15% off total electricity usage. No that is not the case. However the electricity generated still quite good and after cost is recouped via savings represents near cost free energy. Imagine if every building was covered top to bottom with solar panels and plugged into the national grid how much clean green electricity could be generated.

Regarding the block of flats in Dhamnundi feel free to check it out. It's on the road going off at Shonkor bus stand off sat musjid road. Its about 5th or 6th building in.


All other examples I saw myself in kaliakur village, gazipur. Go see if you don't believe me. People can see the benifit of solar energy and are using it in innovative and purely Bangladeshi centric fashion. Dude as the video shows and I can attest to it if you drive out to the country by the roadside you now have little tea shops which are open throughout the night playing a tv and doing steady trade. When I was a kid these shops would have shut as soon as it was evening. Electricity is a transformational development catalyst and solar energy has changed BD for the better.

Do you know how much MW is produed through solar power? only about 15 MW, and it is more expensive to set up and is not viable because it takes up too much space. I am not discarding your plans but saying that only 15mw of energy has changed Bangladesh for the better is a bit far off. 2ndly, solar panels has not completely materialized yet meaning still developments are being made, and we should wait once it reaches a more matured level. Right now, we have govt making rules which make it mandatory for every building to have solar panels which is not feasible and another of govt plans which will go down the drain. If you fill your entire roof with solar panels, you can only a few lights that too not all the time, secondly the battery has to be changed every 3-4 years which is a bit expensive too. That is a waste of roof space.

 

[scholseys]

solar energy is for hippies and industrialized nations

 

[Yzd Khalifa]

Amazing! Congrats to all BD'ers!

Very beautiful country