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CREP (Coast Renewable Energy Project) PDF Print E-mail

The power supply was hardly reached in coastal areas through national power grid. COAST introduced a project title “Coastal Renewable Energy Project (CREP)” since 2002 in central south and south east coast of Bangladesh. The project is supported by Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) and it is continuing through a refinance model where IDCOL is refinancing 4 Euro as grant and 80% of loan support per system on the basis of disbursement amount to customers. Total no. of 5227 solar home system (SHS) has been installed in 5227 household. This project is becoming a popular program among the poor and mid level families considering the low cost and climate friendly pollution free environment in remote chars and islands. People are getting clean energy through SHS. SHS is also used for cell phone charging, for watching television. The students are getting extra study time due to the solar light.