Bangladesh has a population of 163 million (or 29 million households). According to the International Finance Cooperation, the electrification rate is 41%, with 17 million households being off-grid. Of the off-grid population, the vast majority is concentrated in rural Bangladesh where the electrification rate dips to. .
The SOLshare electricity trading network reduces greenhouse gas emissions from energy generation. It replaces unsustainable energy. .
Based in Dhaka, SOLshare is a joint venture with the German consulting company MicroEnergy International GmbH. The SOLshare peer-to-peer electricity trading network enables the interconnection of. .
The ability to buy and sell electricity puts control directly into the hands of rural households. They are no longer simply beneficiaries of a rural electrification project or consumers of energy, rather, they are actors in the.
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