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Success of Renewable Energy
in Bangladesh
Shahidul I. Khan
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology,
Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh
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Overview
• A small South-East Asian country situated between
20.30-26.38 north latitude and 88.04-92.44 east
longitude.
• Only 40% of the total population in Bangladesh has
access to grid electricity.**
• It is extremely difficult to extend high-tension
transmission lines to these areas as some of the places
are separated from the mainland and from each other
by wide rivers, creeks and hills.
• Over 320,000 Solar home systems have already been
installed in different locations of the country by a
number of government, semi-government, autonomous
bodies and also by some NGOs.
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IDCOL: The Pioneer of SHS
Revolution
• IDCOL: Infrastructure Development Company
Limited.
• Established: In 1997 and licensed in 1998.
• Key role: To promote renewable energy projects
especially the SHSs under the Rural Electrification
and Renewable Energy Development Project
(REREDP).
• Financed by:
International Development Agency
(IDA), Global Environment Facility (GEF), GTZ,
KfW.
• Operates through: 15 partner Organizations (PO).
• Provides: Technical, logistic, promotional and
training assistance to the POs. Also refinances
POs, allots channel grants and plays role in
institutional development of POs.
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IDCOL: Working Flow Chart
Technical
Provides approval
Standards
Committee
Suppliers
Seeks approval
Supplies
Pays for
Equipment
IDCOL
Equipment
Provides Grants
A,B & Refinancing
MFIs
Seeks Grant &
Refinancing
Sells
Systems &
Channel
Grant A
Seeks
Operations
related solutions
Downpayment &
Monthly installments
Provides
Operations
Committee
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Solution
Household
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Roles of the POs
 Market promotion of SHS.
 Installation of SHS.
 Collection of initial down payment and monthly
installment
fees
within
the
microcredit
infrastructure.
 Maintenance service of the SHS to the households.
 Seeking loan refinancing and grants from IDCOL.
 Training of local technicians.
 Creating local entrepreneurs of Renewable energy
technology.
 Enhancing socio economic development with
increased participation of rural women.
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Some of the IDCOL Partner
Organizations
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Grameen Shakti (GS)
Rural Services Foundation (RSF)
BRAC Foundation
Srizony Bangladesh
COAST Trust
Integrated Development Foundation
Shubashati
Mukti Cox’s Bazar
Center for Mass Education in Science.
Padakhep Manabik Unnayan Kendra.
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The Grameen Micro-credit Model:
Leading towards sustainability
• Micro-credit and its philosophy:
 The brainchild of Dr. Mohammad Yunus, the 2006
Nobel peace prize winner. His belief,
“Poor are bankable”
 Micro-credit gives people loan without any
collateral or any guarantee.
 Loans are repayable in weekly installments spread
over the year.
 Only guarantee is the trust and good faith.
 Eligibility for a subsequent loan depends upon full
repayment of the first one.
 The loan recovery rate is about 99 percent.
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Grameen Shakti (GS): Leading
PO of the IDCOL SHS Program
• Grameen Shakti (GS)
 As a member of the Grameen family and a PO of IDCOL as
well (established in 1996) pioneers the SHS program in
Bangladesh.
 Plays the leading role in the promoting the SHS program in
rural areas on commercial basis through Grameen Microcredit scheme.
 Mitigating the energy crisis of the rural population and
involving them to the mainstream of socio-economic
development.
• GS Financial strategy
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Mode of
repayment
Down
Payment
Installment
Service Charge
(Flat)
Option-1
25%
24 months
4%
Option-II
15%
36 months
6%
Option-III
100% Cash payment with 4% discount
Several SHS Packages Offered by GS
System
in Watt
Load
130 Wp
11 nos 6 watt lamp &
17”-20”B/W TV point
120 Wp
10 nos 6 watt lamp &
17”-20”B/W TV point
85 Wp
7 nos 6 watt lamp &
17 B/W TV point
65 Wp
5 nos 6 watt lamp &
1 No B/W TV point
50 Wp
4 nos 6 watt lamp &
1 No B/W TV point
40 Wp
3 nos 6 watt lamp &
1 No B/W TV point
20 Wp
1 no 7 watt CFL lamp &
3 nos LED Lamp (18,36)
10 Wp
1 no 5 watt CFL lamp &
2 nos LED Lamp
(18,24,36)
Package included
1 No 130 Wp solar module,2 No 100 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 15 Amps charge controller,1 No structure, 11 Nos 6 Watt
Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 120 Wp solar module,2 No 100 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 15 Amps charge controller,1 No structure, 10 Nos 6 Watt
Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 85 Wp solar module,1 No 130 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 10 Amps charge controller,1 No structure, 7 Nos 6 Watt
Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 65 Wp solar module,1 No 100 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 5 or 10 Amps charge controller,1 No structure, 6 Nos 6
Watt Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 50 Wp solar module,1 No 80 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 5 or 10 Amps charge controller,1 No structure, 4 Nos 6
Watt Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 40 Wp solar module,1 No 55 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 5 or 10 Amps charge controller,1 No structure, 3 Nos 6
Watt Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 20 Wp solar module,1 No 23 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 1 Amp charge controller,1 No structure, 1 No 7 Watt CFL
& 3 LED Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
1 No 10 Wp solar module,1 No 18 Ah Industrial battery(Tabular
plate),1 No 1 Amp charge controller,1 No structure, 1 No 5 Watt CFL &
nos LED Lamp, Switch, Switch Board, Installation & other accessories
Package price
( BDT)
1$=70 BDT
72,000
69,000
46,000
36,500
30,500
24,500
17,600
10,900
Role of RSF (Rural Service
Foundation)
• RSF is a Partner Organization (PO) of
IDCOL/World Bank Solar Home System
Program. It was enlisted in this program
from July 20,2006.
• From its commencement, RSF has already
installed 27,572 SHS by March, 2009.
• It is now the second largest renewable
company in Bangladesh and its average
sales growth is over 170 percent over last
three years.
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Types of Financial Modeling
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Village Bank model
Credit Union(CU)
Self-Help Groups (SHGs)
Micro-finance
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The Micro-Utility Model
• The Micro-Utility Model
 Micro-utility model reaching the poorer
communities.
 Solar power system provided to a shopkeeper
or a client with only 10% down payment.
 Owners sharing the system with other
households or shops for a fee.
 Owning the system completely after 42 monthly
installments without any additional service
charge.
 Shopkeepers earning extra money lighting their
own shops, providing TV access and mobile
phone charging options to the customers.
 10,000 clients up till now.**
** Grameen Shakti Year Book, 2009
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Social Impact
• Improving the lifestyle
 Powering electronic equipments like TV,
radio, lamps mobile phones in the rural
households.
 Combining larger units to provide more
facilities to the household consumers.
• Access to computers
 Giving rural people in the off-grid areas access
to computers.
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Solar Powered Boats:
Enlightenment Through The Solar
• One of the unique implementations of
SHS.
• Developed in remote Chalanbeel, the
central western region of Bangladesh.
• Surrounded by water, regular flooding and
boats being the only medium of transport,
proper education is a dream for the
children in this area.
• 88 Solar powered boats built by Shidhulai
Swanirvar Sangstha, established in 1998
providing access to primary education,
health advice, agricultural learning,
mobile phone charging etc to the rural
poor throughout the region.
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Improving The Role Of Women
In Socio-Economic Activities
• Creating social engineers
 Rural women trained to serve as social engineers.
 Over 1000 women learned in renewable energy
technology.
 Over 50,000 women taking care of their own home
systems.
• Polli Phone
 One of the most successful examples of synergy
between women and technology.
 Thousands of women running own businesses
using solar powered mobile phones in off-grid
areas earning $40-50 per month.
 Over 3,00,000 phones currently operating.
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After Sales Services and Training
Programs
• 3 Years maintenance service for the
solar PV system.
• Maintenance contract with GS at an
affordable cost (approximately 300
Bangladesh Taka) possible when 3
years expire.
• 43 Grameen Technology Centers (GTC)
training the local youths especially the
women on maintenance of solar power
systems at its own cost.
• About 2,575 trained technicians and
97,996 trained customers keeping the
SHS alive in rural Bangladesh.
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Rapid Success of SHS Program: A Big Step
Forward To The Road Of Sustainability
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Cumulative SHS installation growth
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200000
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150000
Grameen Shakti
RSF
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100000
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50000
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20
06
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20
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Year
20
02
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99
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Number of SHS (Cumulative)
250000
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Powering the rural lives bringing a rapid
change in lifestyle.
Contributing
to
the
economic
development of the individuals as well
as the society as a whole.
Involving women to the channel of
socio-economic development.
Bringing the light of education and
healthcare to the rural mass.
Creating 20,000 green jobs by training
people on solar power.
Reducing the emission of over 1,00,000
tons of CO2 per year.
Over 3,20,000 SHS operating currently
out of which GS has the share of
2,30,000
(March,2009)
with
an
installation rate of over 8000 SHS per
month.
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Challenges Waiting Ahead
• Roadmap to 2015
 Providing about 7.5 million SHS to the 75
million people of rural Bangladesh.
 Establishing about 2000 rural offices to
cover the whole Bangladesh.
 Training and deploying about 10,000
social engineers and technicians.
 Creating about 1,00,000 Green Jobs.
• International Recognition by GS
 About 14 national and international
awards from 2002 to 2009 including
Ashden Awards in 2006 and 2008.
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Thank You Very Much
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