Partners
Grameen Shakti
Grameen Shakti, an organization of Grameen Family of Companies has been working in the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh since 1996.
Grameen Shakti aims at:
- Popularizing and delivering renewable energy to the rural households
- Providing services that alleviate poverty and protect environment through applied research and development of renewable energy based technologies
- Implementing projects to generate electricity from wind in the coastal belts and offshore islands; operate mini and micro hydro-plants in the hilly areas
- Developing and implementing special credit, savings and investment programmes for generation, storage, and utilization of renewable energy for benefit of the rural people
- Testing the new and appropriate technologies to provide more cost effective energy services at affordable price to the non-electrified areas
YBUL
YBUL is a non-profit organization established in 1993 with focus on promoting environmentally sustainable and socially responsible business activities. YBUL was founded, in part, through financial support from Environmental Entreprises Assistance Funds (EEAF).
The followings are YBUL's current focal area:
- Sustainable Energy and Clean Technology
- Sustainable Small and Medium Enterprises
- Sustainable Biodiversity Production And Services
YBUL is a partner in Asia Invest and Clean Development Inititiative.
Optimal Power Indonesia
Is a subsidiary company of Optimal Power Solution of Australia, based in Western Australia. PT Optimal Power Indonesia (OPI) is established in Jakarta as “Foreign Investment” company on 6th December 2005, under notary document No: 10. The company produces and supplies renewable energy components to provide power for electricity.
Its competitive advantages lie on its competence to deliver proven commercial products, and supported by a reliable R&D team. Being a subsidiary company, OPI follows its mother company to get access to other OPS worldwide OPS branch company such as in Australia, India, South Africa and The United States of America.
Prokaushali Sangsad Limited (PSL)
Prokaushali Sangsad Limited (PSL) was established in July, 1969 as a consultancy firm with a view to bring together a group of engineers, architects, planners, economists and other professionals to offer services in developmental activities of Bangladesh.
During the past decades, PSL has satisfactorily rendered consultancy services to a large number of government departments, autonomous bodies, corporations and non-government organizations (NGOs). PSL has successfully undertaken projects funded by different donor agencies such as the World Bank, UNDP, JICA, ODA, ADB etc. and private establishments.
Experience of PSL include energy, water resources, agriculture and pisciculture, building and structures, urban and regional planning, land use management, architectural projects, industry, municipal engineering and other civil works, rural development, management and economics. The firm has highly trained and experienced engineers, architects, planners and other professionals in their employment.
In the past the firm has provided expert services to a large number of important development projects of the country. Recently the focus has been concentrated in rural energy, renewable energy and environment related projects.
The firm has always maintained an independent status and provided impartial advice and services to its client. The recognition of this status is evident from innumerable approaches for advice made by the different quarters of government and autonomous bodies as well as from donor organisations working in Bangladesh during the past years.
RahimaFrooz
Rahimafrooz is a diversified company operating in areas from distribution, RahimaFrooz SuperStores to Internet. Rahimafrooz’ core products are batteries, so that RahimaFrooz develops a dedicate Solar Range of batteries for SHS.
Involved since the beginning of the SHS program in 2002, Rahimafrooz has developed a special subsidiary Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Limited. RREL supplies 10 on 15 NGOs involved in SHS program with complete Solar Home System. Rahimafrooz is manufacturing the whole system but the solar module.
Bina Swadaya
Bina Swadaya, (acronym of Badan Pengembangan Swadaya Masyarakat which means Community Self-Reliance Development Agency) is one of the biggest NGOs in Indonesia. Bina Swadaya manages a number of services oriented towards the development of self-reliant communities.
Its activities started in 1958, when the Pancasila Farmers Association (Ikaten Petani Pancasila, IPP) was founded. Nowadays, most of the activities were transferred to the newly founded Bina Swadaya Foundation.
Bina Swadaya works to increase society's self-reliance, particularly the lower grass-root strata, based on the principles of openness, solidarity and social justice as part of respect towards human values and dignity.
Bina Swadaya’s strategy is to:
- Enhance self-reliant groups in society.
- Share information for development.
- Develop constructive cooperation with government, NGOs and business world in and outside the country.