Surge in Solar-Powered Homes: Experience in Off-Grid Rural Bangladesh

by Hussain A. Samad, Zubair K.M. Sadeque, Mohammad Yunus, et al.

Bangladesh has the world's fastest growing, off-grid solar home system (SHS) coverage. The number of SHS installations has risen phenomenally--from a five-year target of 50,000 in 2003 to 50,000 a month a decade later. By early 2014, installations totaled more than 3 million. Even so, this figure represents just 10 percent of the country's off-grid households, suggesting ample room for continued program expansion. Surge in Solar-Powered Homes: Experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1464803749
• ISBN13: 9781464803741
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.0" x 10.0"