Supportive Policies: Bangladesh
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The document discusses Bangladesh's efforts to expand access to electricity, particularly through its solar home system program. The key points are: 1) Bangladesh aims to provide access to affordable and reliable electricity to all citizens by 2021, with current access at 70% including 10% from renewable energy. 2) IDCOL's solar home system program has installed systems for 3.64 million households as of April 2015, providing power to 16.4 million people and 142 MW of generation capacity. 3) The program relies on innovative financing structures, quality control, and collaboration between the government, IDCOL, suppliers, and NGOs to achieve its goals in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
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Supportive Policies: Bangladesh
- 1. Mohammad Alauddin Joint Secretary Power Division Ministry of Power, Energy & Mineral Resources Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 14 June 2015 SE4ALL Consultation Workshop 2015
- 2. Access to Electricity Envision to provide access to affordable and reliable electricity to all by 2021. Access to Electricity is 70% including 10% RE Access to electricity enhancement through BREB in rural area & IDCOL in off-grid area. Of late SREDA is promoting RE & EE activities.
- 3. Solar Home System (SHS) Woman Technician Installing Solar Home Systems
- 4. IDCOL’s SHS Program Supply Equipment Pay for Equipment Seeks grant & loan Provide grant & loan IDCOL Technical Standards Committee Suppliers Seeks approval Provides approval Household Sells SHS & provide service Pay down- payment & installment Operations Committee Seek operation related solutions Provides Solutions NGO/POPO Selection Committee Select POs Applies Dev. Partner Grant & soft term credit
- 5. Fund Flow & Role of Partners • Provides grant and soft loan to IDCOL • Provides policy support • Maintain system • Repay loan in monthly installments
- 6. Mode of Financing: An Example
- 7. Quality Control Mechanisms Informs POLodges complain Takes remedial measure
- 8. IDCOL’s SHS Program Program Target : 6 million SHS by 2018 Program Achievement : 3.64 million SHS by April 2015 Number of Beneficiaries : 16.4 million people (10% population) Power Generation : 142 MW Fossil Fuel Saving : 200,000 ton/year Job Creation : 70,000 people IDCOL Investment : About USD 600 million Source: Infrastructure Development Company Limited
- 10. Success Factors Innovative financing structure - Ownership model Financial contribution of all parties Sustainable business model Cost-efficient standardized technical design Quality control and after sales service Development of local support industries Bangladesh’s micro-finance experience Support from the Government, the World Bank & other development partners
- 11. Replicability Potential : Prerequisites Micro-credit experience of the private sector agencies Adequate financial support from the donor agencies Availability of concessionary credit facility to the executing agencies An agency to ensure collaboration among all parties Development of local support industry Strong quality control mechanism Active support from the government i.e. fiscal benefits Ensuring customer ownership in SHS
- 12. Women Engagement IDCOL started preserving information on female beneficiaries since 2012. Of all beneficiaries under IDCOL’s SHS Program 27 % are women. IDCOL has been providing customer training since 2007 & a total of 912,479 customers had been trained.
- 13. SHS Program: Women Engagement • Increase mobility of & entrepreneurial ambitions among women. • Provide women with extended working hour. • Longer period for children's study. • Encourage women to start small business .
- 15. Women Engagement Since January 2013, around 433,271 customers had been trained covering 6.5% women. Currently 45 POs are working under SHS Program & have a total of 33500 staff at different levels. Around 370 staff are women & 99 staff are working in MIS/IT/Technical department. About 3000 women technicians have been trained by Grameen Shakti(PO).
- 16. Gender Gap: Region’s Best Performer Source : Bangladesh Bank (April’15)