Bangladesh

Bangladesh-based Independent Power Producer (IPP) Joules Power Ltd (JPL) will install a 100 MW solar farm in the south eastern Chandpur district.

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.

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.

The Portuguese utility expands its renewable energy business – traditionally dominated by wind – with a new storage station in Romania and the acquisition of a start-up, which offers off-grid home solar solutions in Bangladesh.

The large-scale solar plant is set to be built in Chandpur, in the Chittagong Division of Bangladesh.

With only a few MW of installed capacity and no supportive policies on the books, a global solar developer could be forgiven for overlooking Bangladesh as a growth opportunity. However, research indicates there is strong market potential, particularly for the C&I solar sector.

The international solar alliance framework agreement receives 15 ratifications, as the Republic of Guinea becomes the 15th country to do so. The founding ceremony of ISA is scheduled for December 08, 2017 in Greater Noida, India.

The solar facility will sell electricity to local power provider BPDB at a price of $0.15/kWh.

Bangladesh based company Intraco Solar Power has signed a a 20-year PPA and construction agreement with two government agencies, for the development of a 30 MW PV power plant to be located on the outskirts of the city of Rangpur.

The two companies have pledged to bring online one of a few large-scale solar PV plants in Bangladesh.