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June 6th, 2014: Bangladesh – Lessons Learned- Iqbal/Rashid 2014-06-06, "Success of off-grid solar in Bangladesh". Some Quotes:
- "Adoption rate of solar home power systems, which currently stands at 80,000 per month, has gone up by 350% annually since 2009."
- "In the past ten years, the number of installed systems has increased from 25,000 to 2.8 million, thus supplying clean electricity to approximately 10 million people."
- "The jobs created in solar off-grid sector in Bangladesh have almost doubled from 60,000 in 2011 to 114,000 in 2013. Currently, employment in Bangladesh equals that of Spain in the solar energy sector."
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April 15th, 2014: DEWA is preparing to deploy infrastructure and charging stations for electric vehicle in support of the Smart Dubai initiative, according to said Saeed Ali Tayer, Managing Director and CEO.

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Electric car charging stations coming to Dubai
Electric cars on the streets of Dubai in the next 18 months 
“Dewa ( Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) will start, of course, with purchasing electric vehicles and our target is initially 100 vehicles maybe for the next two years,” Mr Al Tayer said.

No fully electric cars are on sale in showroom's in Dubai.

Dewa is also pushing ahead with plans for a 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in Dubai, capable of producing energy from sunlight.

Credit for this news goes to Mr. Rajaram, based in Dubai, UAE.

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March 22nd, 2014: Information Gathering Opportunity Available: Would you like to be involved with or lead a Pilot Project in doing a Sample EV Conversion of a Bangladesh CNG TukTuk for a company with 1000+ units to convert?
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