The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis finds Bangladesh’s rooftop solar capacity exceeds official
figures, as it makes recommendations for more supportive policy to capitalize on untapped rooftop potential.
Bangladesh’s rooftop solar capacity is growing faster than other distributed energy resources and might already stand in excess of 1 GW.
New analysis from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) identified 667 MW of rooftop solar capacity across 239 establishments, including groups of companies, compared to government data which reported 418 MW of rooftop solar capacity as of June 2026. As of the same month, Bangladesh’s grid-scale solar and wind capacity was 859 MW.
The analysis did not include hundreds of units with capacity below 150 kW due to poor information availability, but if included, IEEFA estimated Bangladesh’s rooftop solar capacity might already be around 1 GW.
