Power Division has finally asked all the power distribution entities to directly purchase electricity from solar mini-grid operators to save their investment. 

Partners of Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL)want  to install solar system at all the hospitals including 18,000 community clinics, 100,000 solar-powered irrigation pumps and1 million solar street lights in rural areas across the country.

The Infrastructure Development Company Limited, or IDCOL, a non-bank financial institution under the Ministry of Finance, has won the Alliance for Rural Electrification (ARE) award in the “Multilateral/International Organisation” category for financing a series of solar mini-grid projects that have brought the dream of universal access to electricity in Bangladesh closer to reality, indeed very close now.