 Farmers will no more need to wait for power or diesel for running their irrigation pumps as Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd (RRE) has introduced solar-powered irrigation system.
The system will also help save 760 mw power and 800 million litre diesel every year if the conventional power and diesel run irrigation pumps are converted to solar power, says a press release.
Rahimafrooz has introduced the system through converting a 10HP diesel run irrigation pump to solar power, which is owned by farmer Shaheen Ahmed of Kaishar Char under Savar in Dhaka.
Niaz Rahim, chairman of Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd, and Shaikh Siraj, media personality and presenter of Channel I's popular "Hridoye Mati O Manush" programme, formally launched the pump, which will supply water for irrigation of 20 acres of BORO rice field. Dr Nazmul Hossain, chairman of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation (BADC), witnessed the launch of the scheme, also senior advisor of German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) Khurshid-ul-Islam and program coordinator of (GTZ) Erich Otto Gomm were present there.
It's the largest installation of its kind in Bangladesh from Rahimafrooz. It is a lifetime project with one single major investment as solar panels, the major part of the system is warranted for 20 years.
Rahimafrooz launched solar PV project back in 1985 in Bangladesh. Due to technological advancement, solar market has grown fast and efficiently for the last few years.
Around 500,000 households are already enjoying the comfort solar home systems designed by Rahimafrooz, among which, 70,000 are actually supplied and monitored by the company. Besides, another 100kwp medium and large scale solar installations are also supplied by Rahimafrooz.
The company introduced solar water pump in 2004, pioneering the service in Bangladesh. Since then hundreds of beneficiaries are enjoying solar-based water pumping service for drinking and irrigation water.
As continuation of ongoing services to the nation, Rahimafrooz installed and commissioned this 11.9kwp solar-powered irrigation scheme. |