Solar Power

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan today put emphasis on coming out of the idea that renewable energy means only ‘solar’. “We should move beyond the notion that renewable energy means only...

40,000 solar power home systems to be distributed in three districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts to alleviate the power problems of marginalized people in remote areas. The project will be implemented by the Chittagong Hill Tracts...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $4 million loan with a unique purpose vehicle and subsidiaries owned by the 77 Construction, Contracting, and Trading Group (77 Group), an international civil works contracting firm headquartered...

early 23 million children are out of school in Pakistan. 23-year old social activist and educationist, Rohayl Varind set up two branches of Slum School in Faisalabad, around 323 KM south of capital Islamabad, offering night...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Punjab National Bank (PNB) today signed a $100 million loan — to be guaranteed by the Government of India — that will finance large solar rooftop systems...

News Hour Nepal is to receive a $20 million grant to spur private sector investment in utility-scale solar power. The funding should ensure installation of at least 25 megawatts (MW) of solar power by 2018 but,...

News Hour: The World Bank Group today signed an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA), consisting of 121 countries led by India, to collaborate on increasing solar energy use around the world, with the goal...