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EU works to expand on-grid renewables in Bangladesh

Off-grid solar has been a major success story in Bangladesh. The next step in the country’s decarbonization journey is the grid integration of larger-scale renewables – a project in which the EU is playing a major role. Syful Islam reports from Dhaka on the programs and progress.

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Syful Islam

12 Jan 2022

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Bangladesh is presently leading the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), a group of countries that have pledged to generate 100% renewable energy by 2050. At COP 26, Bangladesh placed a new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), where it set a target to develop 4.1GW of renewable energy by 2030. It also set a further target to generate …

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