Six companies in Bangladesh are now producing solar panels Besides, a lot of research is being done on solar energy As a result, the price of solar power is falling day by day, said Deepal Chandra Barua, one of the people who popularized the renewable energy.
He said solar panels are usually imported from China But now it is being made in the country In addition, the people of Bangladesh are now able to use solar energy at low cost as they are able to do things like assembling LEDs and making charge controllers.
Dipal Barua, Founder Chairman of Bright Green Energy Foundation or BGEF, is currently the President of Bangladesh Solar and Renewable Energy Association or BSREA. He has also recently been appointed as the Ambassador of Global Hundred Percent Renewable Energy .
Barua said 60,000 solar home systems are being sold in Bangladesh at present That number was half in 2012, 40 thousand 6 per month With the financial support of government organization IDCOL , about 50 small and big organizations are working in this sector About 3 million solar home systems have been installed across the country so far We hope that in the next 5-6 years, solar energy will reach every village, every house in the country Electricity will also reach the homes of those who are still without power, "he said in an interview with Deutsche Welle.