Solar energy to light upazila govt offices, pourashava street lamps
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
FE Report
The government has taken up a solar energy project to light public offices at the upazila level to ease pressure on the national grid.
"We have undertaken a pilot project initially for 10 upazilas and it will be replicated in others," State Minister for Environment Dr Hasan Mahmud said Monday.
Rural Electrification Board will be the implementing agency and the money will be channelised from Climate Change Trust Fund, he said after a meeting of the trustees of the fund.
"We will supply power to all government upazila offices and light pourashava street lamps with renewable energy," he said.
The project has an option to link with 'carbon trading' and the country can earn foreign currency by reducing carbon emission, he added.
The trustee board also approved eight other projects and the total estimated cost of the nine projects is Tk 465 million, Dr Hasan said.
The government has already earmarked Tk 7 billion for the trust fund this fiscal and earlier the board approved 25 projects at a cost of Tk 3.1 billion.
The minister said the trustee board has fixed guidelines for selection of private proposals on climate change.
"Under the guidelines projects with only visible physical work will be considered and private awareness building programme on climate change will not receive any money from the fund," Dr Hasan explained.
About four thousand proposals were submitted by the private sector and it is expected that only 40 to 50 proposals will be accepted, he said.
The government has taken up a solar energy project to light public offices at the upazila level to ease pressure on the national grid.
"We have undertaken a pilot project initially for 10 upazilas and it will be replicated in others," State Minister for Environment Dr Hasan Mahmud said Monday.
Rural Electrification Board will be the implementing agency and the money will be channelised from Climate Change Trust Fund, he said after a meeting of the trustees of the fund.
"We will supply power to all government upazila offices and light pourashava street lamps with renewable energy," he said.
The project has an option to link with 'carbon trading' and the country can earn foreign currency by reducing carbon emission, he added.
The trustee board also approved eight other projects and the total estimated cost of the nine projects is Tk 465 million, Dr Hasan said.
The government has already earmarked Tk 7 billion for the trust fund this fiscal and earlier the board approved 25 projects at a cost of Tk 3.1 billion.
The minister said the trustee board has fixed guidelines for selection of private proposals on climate change.
"Under the guidelines projects with only visible physical work will be considered and private awareness building programme on climate change will not receive any money from the fund," Dr Hasan explained.
About four thousand proposals were submitted by the private sector and it is expected that only 40 to 50 proposals will be accepted, he said.