The Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (IDCOL) plans to install 1,500 solar-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh by 2016, in a bid to promote alternative energy and limit reliance on fossil fuels. The new pumps will run on a combined 12 megawatts (MW) of power to be generated by solar panels, projected to save the government nearly ... Read more
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Solar power raises farmers’ hope
Solar power has brought hopes to thousands of farmers of the country, who have long been fighting with severe power crisis and high diesel price to run water pumps for irrigation of their farmlands. “I am no longer worried by frequent power-cuts or increasing diesel price. My solar panel gives me enough electricity to pump ... Read more