Time is running out for the government to achieve its goal of universal access to electricity by next year but Dhaka has doubled down by allocating $26 million for PV panels in hard-to-reach areas.The government of Bangladesh has approved a $26 million project to provide free solar home systems to 40,000 households in three hilly […]
Webinar on Bangladesh Solar Market – Opportunities & Challenges on May 30th from 3:30PM (IST)…Register Now to Attend !!!
Warm Greetings from EQ Happy to Announce our next webinar on Webinar on Bangladesh Solar Market – Opportunities & Challenges When: May 30, 2020 03:30 PM India Time Register in advance for this meeting: <https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlde-ppz4tEtXoLfbi_IthEp9tigprOZKu> We are open to more Speakers…Please dont hesitate to contact us Confirmed Speaker List 1. Mr.Mohammad Alauddin,Additional Secretary, Power Division […]
China-Bangladesh JVC to set up 200MW solar power plant
Proposal to be placed before cabinet meeting today After six years of forming a joint venture company with a China’s state-owned firm, the government is going to form another Joint Venture Company (JVC) with the same country to set up 200MW solar power plant. For setting up the JVC named Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt) Limited […]
Deal inked for 30MW Solar Plant at Tentulia
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Korotoa Solar Limited (KSL) for setting up a 30MW Solar Power Plant at Tentulia in Panchagarh district, reports BSS. Korotoa Solar, a joint venture between Beximco Power Company Limited (80%) and Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co. Limited (20%), will implement the project on […]
Shapoorji Pallonji to sell power project in Bangladesh, cut debt
The group’s Bhola power project in Bangladesh may be valued at around $270 mn The gas-fuelled project is being developed by Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Co. as an independent power producer and will help meet electricity demands of 200,000 homes in Bangladesh New Delhi : Shapoorji Pallonji group, the debt-laden construction empire run by billionaire […]
Solar power changes lives in rural Bangladesh
The Geneva-based World Economic Forum has endorsed the government’s initiatives to change lives of the rural people by giving solar power. In a feature, the Forum that engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas, says in rural Bangladesh, solar power is changing lives. […]
IFC signs deal to expand solar power generation in Bangladesh
The pilot project, which will be developed through competitive bidding under a public-private partnership model, is aimed at demonstrating a viable model for a solar power plant in Bangladesh, drawing in the private sector IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, recently signed an agreement with the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA) […]
Tenders Are Invited For Supply Of 50 Mw (Ac) Solar Pv Power Plant
Tenders Are Invited For Design, Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning And Operation And Maintenance Of 50 Mw (Ac) Solar Pv Power Plant For more information please see below link:
Info minister: Bangladesh facing multi-dimensional threats due to climate change
He said Bangladesh has taken initiatives to tackle climate change and installed over five million solar systems Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has urged the global community to take united initiative to combat the devastating effects of climate change. “Bangladesh has become the innocent victim of climate change. According to World Bank, the carbon emission […]
Bangladesh seen as climate threat by boosting coal reliance
DHAKA : A Bangladeshi plan to burn more coal for power will worsen global warming in a nation already battered by climate crises from floods to cyclones, according to a report out on Wednesday. About 3% of the country’s power comes from coal, but plans to build 29 coal-based power plants in the next two […]