British High Commission in Dhaka has installed solar panels in its office in an attempt to move to renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions in the air.
In partnership with SOLshare, a climate tech company, the High Commission has installed a 15.93 kilowatt per hour grid-tied rooftop solar project for its office, reports BSS.
The solar panels will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by the High Commission by approximately 320 tonnes over its expected life of 30 years and will produce approximately 18,000 kilowatt hours of electricity every year.
Marking the occasion, British High Commissioner Robert Chatterton Dickson said, "I am delighted to see that we are moving to green, renewable energy at our High Commission. Electricity, produced through renewable sources such as solar, is critical to reducing our dependence on electricity produced by the burning of fossil fuels, which drives climate change."
He said the energy crisis and the global situation since the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) hosted under the UK Presidency in November 2021 demonstrate that the rapid acceleration of renewable energy is not only essential to protecting the planet but critical to the security of energy supply.
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