Completed project · 2007–2010
Renewable Energy
Developing countries suffer from chronic energy deficiency. The renewable energy, particularly solar energy, can substantially contribute to solve this problem. The project PRE is conceived to demonstrate the possibility and potentiality of decentralized solar power generation for urban households as well as for Small and Middle scale Enterprises (SMEs) in Bangladesh.
A solar power house of capacity 20KWp cum training centre is built in Khulna city to introduce the technical potentiality and feasibility of photovoltaic power generation and also to disseminate its know‐how to SMEs. On basis of the concept “product‐work process‐orientation” two curricula are developed; one for Training of Trainers and others for Training of Technicians. Master craftsmen from SMEs and technical teachers from polytechnics are trained first to make them competent as Trainer so that they can train the technician later. Altogether 140 Trainers and 400 solar Technicians are qualified during the project lifetime.