From rooftops to rickshaws, Bangladesh bets on a distributed power system

Government looks to ease energy crisis through greater use of solar and batteries The Bangladeshi government is offering incentives for rooftop solar panels backed with batteries to add generation closer to consumers, while requiring millions of battery-powered rickshaws to charge from solar rather than the national grid. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Getty Images and Reuters) DHAKA — Bangladesh is looking beyond new large power plants to a more distributed energy system to ease an energy crisis that has at times pushed intentional power outages above 3,500 megawatts in recent weeks.

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