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Bangladesh switches on 30 MW of solar

Intraco Solar Power has completed a 30 MW grid-tied solar power plant in Bangladesh.

‘Bangladeshi energy masterplan should focus on renewables’

With the finances of national utility the Bangladesh Power Development Board in disarray thanks to rising capacity payments for often-inactive conventional power plants, renewables offer the hope of fiscal sustainability, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

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Bangladeshi cabinet approves another 120MW of solar

A 70MW solar plant at Pabna has today been rubber-stamped, together with a 50MW site in the Mymensingh district proposed by Total Eren alongside Norwegian and local development partners.

Bangladesh set to approve 70MW solar plant

Plans for a solar farm in the district of Pabna have been scaled back from the 100MW envisaged by a consortium of developers and the partner companies have also had to reduce the value of the tariff they hoped to receive from the government for the power generated.

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Christmas Day could usher in Bangladesh’s biggest solar field

A 100 MW solar field near the port of Mongla is expected to begin commercial operation within days and will take the nation to almost 880 MW of clean power generation capacity.

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Bangladesh government signs up for 180 MW of solar electricity

The power development authority has signed 20-year electricity purchase deals relating to four solar projects and has awarded the highest price paid in the country to date for ‘clean’ energy, for an island-based system which includes battery storage and diesel generation.

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Bangladesh’s largest solar plant due online next month

The $143 million, 280-acre project in southwestern Bangladesh will have a generation capacity of 100 MW thanks to 250,000 Longi Hi-MO5 modules.

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German solar developer faces demonstration in Bangladesh

Ib Vogt and its local partner are facing protests from farmers who claim a planned 207-acre PV project site will destroy their livelihoods by occupying fertile fields.

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US developer Eleris plans 2.2 GW of solar in Bangladesh

The proposal includes 1 GW of solar farms on an army training base island in the estuary of the Meghna river.

Indian developer plans 50 MW solar plant in Bangladesh

Hero Future Energies wants to make India’s first contribution to grid scale solar in its northeastern neighbor. Plans for a 100 MW plant have been stymied by the power evacuation equipment available at the Khulna site.

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