Bangladesh Heads Toward Renewable Energy
One of our core tasks here at 2Greenenergy is bringing expertise to the analysis of high-level issues in renewable energy. A few months ago, the government of Bangladesh contacted us with an extremely open-ended request: come study our resources — both physical and economic, and make a comprehensive set of pragmatic recommendations.
To that end, we’ve brought in our partners at SunBD, a global consultancy with numerous projects under their belts in Asia and Europe, as well as North and South America. As always, we’re recommending a two-part attack on the challenge: (more…)
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