Renewable Energy Solutions

Domestic cooking energy is primarily reliant on traditional biomass sources like wood, charcoal, and crop residues, leading to indoor air pollution, health issues, and deforestation. Access to cleaner cooking technologies, such as LPG or improved cookstoves, remains limited in rural areas of Bangladesh due to high costs and inadequate infrastructure. Solar energy holds significant potential, but challenges include the high upfront cost, lack of awareness, and limited reach in remote areas. Although solar adoption has increased, particularly for lighting, widespread use for cooking and electricity generation is hindered by financing barriers, technical limitations, and insufficient policy support.

Regarding this, EPRC is working on the following fields:

  • Cow dung/Poultry Litter Feed Bio-gas plant
  • Promotion of Energy Efficient Improved Cooking Stove
  • Promotion of Solar Energy