Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh - Shafiqul Alam | Lead Energy Analyst

Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 9 Factors Affecting Rooftop Solar Expansion • Stakeholders’ priority and motivation; • Finance and associated challenges; • Market and quality assurance; • Lack of business models/revenue stream for utilities; • Regulatory support, policy and incentive; Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 10 Factors Affecting Rooftop Solar Expansion –. [...] Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 16 Factors Affecting Rooftop Solar Expansion – Lack of Revenue Stream for Utilities Utility-owned business model Third-party-owned business model Sources: ADB, 2022; IEEFA’s Report Towards a Rooftop Solar Transition in Bangladesh , 2023 Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 17 Factors Affecting Rooftop Solar Expansion – Regulatory Suppo. [...] Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 19 Factors Affecting Rooftop Solar Expansion – Regulatory Support, Policy and Incentive Regulations • Regulations limit the maximum installed capacity of a rooftop solar system to 70% of the sanctioned load of a building, say industry. [...] Speeding up the transition to rooftop solar will help strengthen the power sector’s resilience, reduce import dependence, and give consumers some energy independence; • Of course, rooftop solar is not the panacea; But rooftop solar should be central to our energy sector development; And we need to advance rooftop solar deployment gradually and ensure sustainability while drawing lessons from past. [...] Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 23 Annex: Thematic Area of the Study Source: IEEFA’s Report Towards a Rooftop Solar Transition in Bangladesh, 2023 Scaling up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh 24 Annex: Bangladesh’s Rooftop Solar Sector – Summary of New Directives Sources: Power Division, 2023; IEEFA’s Report Towards a Rooftop Solar Transition in Bangladesh, 2023 Scaling up R.