Bangladesh
Leads the
World in
Small Solar Power Home Installations
Bangladesh is k**wn for its apparel manufacturing industry—and for the conditions faced by garment workers toiling in Dickensian factories for a dollar a day. But according to a report released Sunday, the South Asian nation has become a top hot spot for renewable energy jobs, creating a green workforce as large as Spain’s in 2013
How?
Solar energy
Bangladeshis are installing
Small photovoltaic systems at a rate of 80,000 a month, says the
report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). In a country where only
47% of the population had access to electricity in 2009, according to the Asian Development Bank,
Solar is increasingly becoming a way to leapfrog the need to build a bigger
Power grid
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