Singapore fund and British developer eye stake in UK government’s south Asian renewables company
U.K. developer Lightsource BP – in which oil and gas giant BP has a significant minority stake – and its Singapore fund partner EverSource Capital are reportedly ready to take up all the $100 million slice of Ayana Renewable Power which is being put up for sale.
Bangladesh issues tender to develop up to 60 MW of solar
Through the procurement, the Bangladesh Power Development Board is seeking developers for the construction of grid-connected solar power plants on a build, own, operate basis.
Malaysian company plans 100 MW solar plant in Bangladesh
The joint venture with agro business Anand Group would see the project installed at the northern fringe of the nation’s grid network and would represent a sizable leap forward in a country where the largest PV scheme has a 20 MW capacity.
Bangladesh moves to register 100,000 rural electric vehicles
With electric three-wheelers operating in the nation’s rural areas, it is hoped registering them will help encourage wider adoption.
Bangladeshi DISCOMS told to sign up net metering customers
With the nation’s net metering regime up and running for industrial generators, the government is trying to drum up interest and wants another 600 customers signed up by June, with the help of a soft loans program.
Bangladesh prepares plans for two floating solar plants
Backing from the Asian Development Bank will help a 50 MW project get off the ground – and onto the water – in Chittagong, and a developer has been lined up to install solar on a stretch of the Padma river.
227 MW of solar green lit for Bangladesh
The government of Bangladesh this week approved proposals for setting up five solar based power plants, which will generate 227 MW of electricity in this power hungry country.
Joules Power to set up 100 MW solar plant in Bangladesh
Bangladesh-based Independent Power Producer (IPP) Joules Power Ltd (JPL) will install a 100 MW solar farm in the south eastern Chandpur district.
Bangladesh tenders 100 MW PV project
The solar park is set to be build in Sonagazi, on the southeastern coast of Bangladesh and must be developed under a joint venture with local power utility EGCB.
JA Solar supplies modules to Bangladesh’s first large-scale project
Bangladesh announced plans to install around 1.6 GW of solar capacity until 2021 to meet its growing energy demand. The 28 MW site is the first large-scale project to go online.
