Bangladesh, Sept. 25 -- There are good reasons for Bangladesh to move towards rooftop solar. There is a shortage of land, the demand for electricity is increasing and reliance on imported fuels is imposing economic and foreign exchange pressures. The national GIS study of building footprints has identified 19.6 million building footprints, including an estimated 4.15 million potentially suitable for rooftop solar (30.4 GWp technical potential). The Renewable Energy Policy 2025 has set the target for renewables of 20 per cent by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2040. By March 2026, however, only some 214 MW out of 4,490 net-metered rooftop systems had been activated. So the possibilities are huge but in terms of who gets the reward for a rooftop s...