S Korea to provide equipment, training in renewable energy
Wednesday, 24 March 2010
FE Report
South Korea will assist Bangladesh to face the impact of climate change by supplying solar powered equipment to rural areas and providing training to renewable energy specialists overseas.
The East Asian country under a technical assistance project will supply 20 solar-powered irrigation pumps and 1,250 stand-alone solar home systems to seven districts to ease human sufferings caused by nagging power crisis.
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will arrange invitational training in South Korea for the government officials and specialists of Rural Electrification Board (REB).
The training will equip participants with the knowledge and skills required for successful implementation and continuation of the project, said a KOICA official.
The project will open a new era for Bangladesh with the deployment of solar powered irrigation pumps, which will help meet the increasing demand of electricity by using alternative source of energy, he said.
"Successful implementation of this project will also help alleviate poverty of the rural people by increasing agricultural output," he added.
KOICA and Economic Relations Division (ERD) have recently signed an agreement in this regard.
Resident Representative of KOICA Bangladesh Lee Jung Wook, joint chief (Asia, JEC and F&F) of ERD Jubair Ahmed, deputy chief of power division Md Nazrul Islam and chief engineer (project) and member engineering (additional charge) of REB Abdul Momen signed an accord recently.
Under the agreement, a number of Korean experts will visit Bangladesh to install the irrigation pumps and solar home systems.
South Korea will assist Bangladesh to face the impact of climate change by supplying solar powered equipment to rural areas and providing training to renewable energy specialists overseas.
The East Asian country under a technical assistance project will supply 20 solar-powered irrigation pumps and 1,250 stand-alone solar home systems to seven districts to ease human sufferings caused by nagging power crisis.
Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) will arrange invitational training in South Korea for the government officials and specialists of Rural Electrification Board (REB).
The training will equip participants with the knowledge and skills required for successful implementation and continuation of the project, said a KOICA official.
The project will open a new era for Bangladesh with the deployment of solar powered irrigation pumps, which will help meet the increasing demand of electricity by using alternative source of energy, he said.
"Successful implementation of this project will also help alleviate poverty of the rural people by increasing agricultural output," he added.
KOICA and Economic Relations Division (ERD) have recently signed an agreement in this regard.
Resident Representative of KOICA Bangladesh Lee Jung Wook, joint chief (Asia, JEC and F&F) of ERD Jubair Ahmed, deputy chief of power division Md Nazrul Islam and chief engineer (project) and member engineering (additional charge) of REB Abdul Momen signed an accord recently.
Under the agreement, a number of Korean experts will visit Bangladesh to install the irrigation pumps and solar home systems.