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Promotion of Solar Home System
Promotion of Solar Home System Activities- Experience of Rural Services Foundation (RSF)
Md. Ruhul Quddus, Executive Director, Rural Services Foundation
Email:ruhul.quddus@rsf-bd.org; erquddus@yahoo.com

Introduction

Rural Services Foundation (RSF), an initiative of Rahimafrooz was incorporated in 2006 as a ‘not for profit’ company with a view to promote renewable energy technologies in rural area with a sustainable business model.

Solar Home System (SHS) is an application of photovoltaic technology and widely accepted for rural electrification. In our country like Bangladesh, where considerable numbers of people live in remote and inaccessible area again due to lack of grid infrastructure, people can’t get conventional electricity so SHS is the best solution for home lighting for those areas.

Major Activities of RSF

Business activities • SHS (Solar Home System) • Biogas plant • ICS (Improved Cooking Stove)

Social development activates • Rehabilitation program for fishermen group affected by SIDR • RSF Poribesh Utsab Award for SSC level student • RSF Model School & College development for the under privileged child

RSF Service Network & Human Resources

To enhance the service network, RSF has established 328 unit offices in remote rural areas of Bangladesh and the number of unit office will be 450 by June 2011. RSF has decentralized its operation by establishing 8 zonal offices. All operations are executed from unit offices which is extensively monitored by the 57 regional offices. Regional offices reports to the zonal office and zonal offices submit a comprehensive monthly report to the head office for its appraisal of field operation. Now the business operation is monitoring through ERP. All the unit offices are connected through computer and mobile network. Out of 328 unit offices, unelectrified 60 unit offices are powered by solar PV system
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