Dhaka, March 16 -- Speakers at a webinar said that industries can benefit from installing rooftop solar as its power generation cost is significantly declining.

"Now industries can reduce their cost to Tk 5.88 per unit (each kilowatt hour) for electricity by rooftop solar," Shafiqul Alam, lead analyst of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) South Asia, told the webinar on Thursday titled: "Scaling Up Rooftop Solar Deployment in Bangladesh".

Currently, per unit electricity is charged Tk 10.88 for big industries and 10.76 small industries, reports, UNB.

Alam claimed a combined rooftop solar of 2000 MW can help Bangladesh save between $476 and $1billion per annum.

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