Prime Minister's Energy Advisor Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Thursday visited the solar cooking project designed by Professor Emeritus Dr M Rezwan Khan, executive director, Institute for Advanced Research (IAR), United International University (UIU).
The solar cooking project was jointly supported by Modern Energy Cooking Services (MECS), UK, Energizing Development (EnDev) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), reads a press release.
The project, implemented by UIU, is running in three commercials and three households.
CourtesyIn this project, a low-cost cooking method has been developed using a combination of the solar and power grid.
On the one hand, this will reduce cooking costs and on the other hand, it will accelerate the use of renewable energy.
For a family of five members, the cost of cooking in this way will be approximately Tk500-Tk600, which is much less than the cost of firewood or gas cylinders. At the same time, this process is cleaner and safer.
Munira Sultana, chairman, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA), Alamgir Morshed, executive director and CEO, Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), Prof Dr Md Abul Kashem Mia, vice-chancellor (in-charge) of UIU, Habib Iftikher Alam, executive director, head of R&I, Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd, faculty members, officials, academicians, government officials, researchers, and other distinguished guests from various universities and institutions in Bangladesh were present in the program.