DHAKA, Nov 3, 2026: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Tuesday honored five winning teams and innovators at the award ceremony of “Sfuron: Sustainable Energy Idea Contest 2026,” held during the inauguration of the Bangladesh Solar Expo 2026.
The contest was jointly organized by the Power Division, the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA), the European Union and German Development Cooperation, through GIZ, to promote Bangladesh’s National Renewable Energy Development Strategy Paper 2026–2030.
The strategy targets 10,450 megawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030 and a 15% reduction in energy consumption across households, industry and commercial sectors.
In the student renewable energy category, Sanjida Afrin and Tasfia Tahiat of BUET won first prize for “Roddur AI,” a satellite-based solar feasibility assessment platform. Sheikh Sajidul Islam and Lamia Tabassum Naboni of Islamic University of Technology secured second place for “Surjo Ghat,” a solar-powered retrofit system for diesel fishing boats and charging infrastructure.
In the student energy-efficiency category, Zaara Tasnuva Alam and Humayra Tabassum Turasa of the University of Dhaka won first prize for the “TPECO Framework,” a smart campus energy-conservation and automation system. BUET students Labiba Anika and Khandaker Ruhama Amin secured second place for “ChhadGrid,” an urban rooftop solar and appliance-clustering model.
In the professionals category, Md Tipu Sultan of Multifabs Limited won for an integrated industrial retrofit system combining boiler heat recovery and carbon dioxide wastewater neutralization.
Addressing the ceremony, the Prime Minister praised the students and professionals for their innovative contributions, saying a single idea could become a “game changer” for Bangladesh.
