August 20, 2026

Someone in your family has probably said it: “Aren’t solar panels dirty to make? Don’t they take years before they actually help?” It’s a fair question, and it deserves a real answer instead of a marketing slogan. The short version is yes — making a solar panel does produce carbon emissions, mostly from mining silicon, […]

Most people who install solar panels never ask this question, and honestly, why would they. A panel on a rooftop in Dhaka or Bogura is expected to keep producing power for 25 to 30 years. That’s longer than most cars, most phones, most relationships with a landlord. But 25 years is not forever, and Bangladesh’s