WORLD BANK HELPS BANGLADESH SET UP SOLAR POWER
12.29.07 - Leído 61 veces. Enviar esta notaRuma Paul
The World Bank signed on Wednesday two agreements for installation of solar home systems in power-hungry Bangladesh to cut greenhouse gas emissions through the use of renewable energy
DHAKA, Bangladesh; December 29, 2007.- The World Bank has signed the “Emission Reductions Purchase Agreements” as Trustee for the Community Development Carbon Fund (CDCF), it said in a statement.
Under these agreements, Grameen Shakti and Infrastructure and Development Company Limited (IDCOL) can claim benefits for carbon emission reduction for about 970,000 and 227,000 solar home systems installed in Bangladesh respectively.
Grameen Shakti, the pioneer in solar power systems in the country, is affiliated with the micro credit organisation, Grameen Bank, which along with its founder Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel prize in 2006.
The World Bank projects will provide solar electricity to a large number of households that are not connected to the electricity grid and ordinarily use kerosene and diesel.
Only 30 percent of Bangladesh’s over 140 million people have access to the national electricity gird.
(Reuters)
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