Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh
This knowledge note is the second of three case studies that concerns scaling up access to electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Since its inception in 2003, Bangladesh's solar home system program has installed about three million ele...
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVISORY SERVICES AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABLE FINANCING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES APPLIANCES APPROACH AUTOMATION AVAILABILITY BANK LENDING BATTERIES BIOGAS BIOGAS DIGESTERS BLACK CARBON BOTTOM LINE BURNING COAL BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS PLANNING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CASH FLOW CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CO CO2 COAL COLLECTION EFFICIENCY COMBUSTION COMMUNITIES COMPONENTS CONCENTRATES CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE CONSUMER CREDIT COOKING COST-SHARING CREDIT LINE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEBTS DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DRY CELLS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIFICATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY INVESTMENTS ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRACTICE ENERGY PROJECTS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACILITATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FINANCIAL TRACK RECORDS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS GENDER GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GASES GRID CONNECTION GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION GRID OPTIONS GRID POWER GRID SOLUTIONS HEAT HEAT GENERATION HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INSTALLMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE KEROSENE KNOW-HOW LIGHTING LOAN LOAN REPAYMENT MEDIA MEDIA CAMPAIGN MEDIA CAMPAIGNS METHANE MFI MFIS MICRO-GRIDS MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE LOANS MINI-GRIDS NATIONAL GRID NAVIGATION NEW BUSINESS NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OIL PE PEAK DEMAND PETROLEUM PIPELINE POWER POWER SECTOR REFRIGERATORS REMITTANCES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE SOURCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIOD RISK PERCEPTION RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIC RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESSES SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR PANEL SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR SYSTEM SOLAR SYSTEMS SOURCE OF ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WIND WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND SITES |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVISORY SERVICES AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABLE FINANCING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES APPLIANCES APPROACH AUTOMATION AVAILABILITY BANK LENDING BATTERIES BIOGAS BIOGAS DIGESTERS BLACK CARBON BOTTOM LINE BURNING COAL BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS PLANNING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CASH FLOW CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CO CO2 COAL COLLECTION EFFICIENCY COMBUSTION COMMUNITIES COMPONENTS CONCENTRATES CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE CONSUMER CREDIT COOKING COST-SHARING CREDIT LINE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEBTS DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DRY CELLS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIFICATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY INVESTMENTS ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRACTICE ENERGY PROJECTS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACILITATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FINANCIAL TRACK RECORDS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS GENDER GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GASES GRID CONNECTION GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION GRID OPTIONS GRID POWER GRID SOLUTIONS HEAT HEAT GENERATION HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INSTALLMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE KEROSENE KNOW-HOW LIGHTING LOAN LOAN REPAYMENT MEDIA MEDIA CAMPAIGN MEDIA CAMPAIGNS METHANE MFI MFIS MICRO-GRIDS MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE LOANS MINI-GRIDS NATIONAL GRID NAVIGATION NEW BUSINESS NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OIL PE PEAK DEMAND PETROLEUM PIPELINE POWER POWER SECTOR REFRIGERATORS REMITTANCES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE SOURCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIOD RISK PERCEPTION RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIC RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESSES SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR PANEL SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR SYSTEM SOLAR SYSTEMS SOURCE OF ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WIND WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND SITES Sadeque, Zubair Rysankova, Dana Elahi, Raihan Soni, Ruchi Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh |
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South Asia Bangladesh |
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Live Wire, 2014/21 |
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This knowledge note is the second of
three case studies that concerns scaling up access to
electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Since its
inception in 2003, Bangladesh's solar home system
program has installed about three million electrification
systems in rural households, two-thirds of them in the last
three years. The program is the most dynamic off-grid
electrification program in the world, benefitting more than
15 million people and contributing about 130 MW in renewable
energy generation capacity. The case study for Bangladesh is
interesting, because off-grid electrification is crucial to
reaching universal access. Achieving universal access to
modern energy services is one of the three complementary
objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL)
initiative. Bangladesh's rural electrification program
was initiated in 1977 with the creation of the Rural
Electrification Board (REB). Yet, it was estimated that at
the prevailing pace of grid electrification, Bangladesh was
going to take 50 years to reach universal access. By 2002,
it had become apparent that an off-grid approach was needed
to complement efforts to extend the grid. When the World
Bank's first RERED project was being designed in 2002,
a two-pronged approach was adopted to promote the use of
solar home systems in rural areas, thereby leveraging the
country's renewable energy potential, while continuing
to help the REB and rural cooperatives improve their
operational and financial performance. The program s final
design is a good example of how international experience and
local know-how can come together to yield an innovative
design that suits the country's circumstances. The
project's design was flexible (with a range of
subsidies and system sizes, for example), allowing for quick
adaptation to evolving technology and market conditions, and
to consumer feedback. |
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Brief |
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Sadeque, Zubair Rysankova, Dana Elahi, Raihan Soni, Ruchi |
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Sadeque, Zubair Rysankova, Dana Elahi, Raihan Soni, Ruchi |
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Sadeque, Zubair |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh |
| title_full |
Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh |
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Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh |
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scaling up access to electricity : the case of bangladesh |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19669152/scaling-up-access-electricity-case-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18679 |
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okr-10986-186792021-06-14T10:22:38Z Scaling Up Access to Electricity : The Case of Bangladesh Sadeque, Zubair Rysankova, Dana Elahi, Raihan Soni, Ruchi ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO MODERN ENERGY ADVISORY SERVICES AFFORDABILITY AFFORDABLE FINANCING ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES APPLIANCES APPROACH AUTOMATION AVAILABILITY BANK LENDING BATTERIES BIOGAS BIOGAS DIGESTERS BLACK CARBON BOTTOM LINE BURNING COAL BUSINESS ADVISORY BUSINESS PLANNING CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CASH FLOW CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY CO CO2 COAL COLLECTION EFFICIENCY COMBUSTION COMMUNITIES COMPONENTS CONCENTRATES CONNECTED HOUSEHOLDS CONSUMER CONFIDENCE CONSUMER CREDIT COOKING COST-SHARING CREDIT LINE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEBTS DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT COMPANY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION OF ENERGY DRY CELLS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIFICATION ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INDUSTRIES ENERGY INVESTMENTS ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY PRACTICE ENERGY PROJECTS ENERGY SERVICES ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SYSTEMS EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES FACILITATION FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARY FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY FINANCIAL TRACK RECORDS FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS GENDER GENERATION CAPACITY GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY GREENHOUSE GASES GRID CONNECTION GRID CONNECTIONS GRID ELECTRICITY GRID ELECTRIFICATION GRID OPTIONS GRID POWER GRID SOLUTIONS HEAT HEAT GENERATION HOUSEHOLD ACCESS HOUSEHOLD ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INSTALLMENTS INTEREST RATE INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL FINANCE KEROSENE KNOW-HOW LIGHTING LOAN LOAN REPAYMENT MEDIA MEDIA CAMPAIGN MEDIA CAMPAIGNS METHANE MFI MFIS MICRO-GRIDS MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MICROFINANCE LOANS MINI-GRIDS NATIONAL GRID NAVIGATION NEW BUSINESS NEW MARKET NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY OIL PE PEAK DEMAND PETROLEUM PIPELINE POWER POWER SECTOR REFRIGERATORS REMITTANCES RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY POTENTIAL RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR RENEWABLE PORTFOLIO STANDARD RENEWABLE SOURCES REPAYMENT REPAYMENT PERIOD RISK PERCEPTION RURAL AREAS RURAL ELECTRIC RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES RURAL ELECTRICITY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL ELECTRIFICATION PROGRAM RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SAVINGS SMALL BUSINESSES SOLAR ENERGY SOLAR HOME SOLAR HOME SYSTEM SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS SOLAR LANTERNS SOLAR PANEL SOLAR PANELS SOLAR POWER SOLAR SYSTEM SOLAR SYSTEMS SOURCE OF ENERGY SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM UNIVERSAL ACCESS URBAN AREAS UTILITIES WIND WIND POWER WIND POWER CAPACITY WIND SITES This knowledge note is the second of three case studies that concerns scaling up access to electricity in Africa, Bangladesh, and Rwanda. Since its inception in 2003, Bangladesh's solar home system program has installed about three million electrification systems in rural households, two-thirds of them in the last three years. The program is the most dynamic off-grid electrification program in the world, benefitting more than 15 million people and contributing about 130 MW in renewable energy generation capacity. The case study for Bangladesh is interesting, because off-grid electrification is crucial to reaching universal access. Achieving universal access to modern energy services is one of the three complementary objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative. Bangladesh's rural electrification program was initiated in 1977 with the creation of the Rural Electrification Board (REB). Yet, it was estimated that at the prevailing pace of grid electrification, Bangladesh was going to take 50 years to reach universal access. By 2002, it had become apparent that an off-grid approach was needed to complement efforts to extend the grid. When the World Bank's first RERED project was being designed in 2002, a two-pronged approach was adopted to promote the use of solar home systems in rural areas, thereby leveraging the country's renewable energy potential, while continuing to help the REB and rural cooperatives improve their operational and financial performance. The program s final design is a good example of how international experience and local know-how can come together to yield an innovative design that suits the country's circumstances. The project's design was flexible (with a range of subsidies and system sizes, for example), allowing for quick adaptation to evolving technology and market conditions, and to consumer feedback. 2014-06-17T16:07:57Z 2014-06-17T16:07:57Z 2014-06-13 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/06/19669152/scaling-up-access-electricity-case-bangladesh http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18679 English en_US Live Wire, 2014/21 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research South Asia Bangladesh |