Sourobangla Powerplant

Md. Atik Mahbub

Solar powered mini grids have been lighting up remote and hilly areas of the country where electricity is not supplied from the main/national power grid yet. According to sources at the Power Division, right now electricity is being distributed through 12 solar powered mini grids to remote regions of the country. Another 13 are currently under production. The per unit production cost of electricity is Tk30. The consumers are fine with paying extra to get electricity. According to Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), it costs Tk600 per month for a family to get lighting using kerosene powered lanterns. On the other hand, it only costs Tk400 to consume electricity through the solar powered mini grids. Even fans, refrigerators, and televisions can be run byit. Far flung rural consumers are shifting to solar power to raisetheir standard of living,even if it costs them more,as they cannot avail electricity from the National Power Grid.The government wants to provide electricity to each and every homeby the year 2021. But remotehilly areas and islands are unable to get electricity from the main grid so

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