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 […]
Omera signs MoU with Bitopi for Bangladesh’s ‘largest’ rooftop solar system
Once installed, this would be the largest solar power system in the country, according to a press release. Omera is a subsidiary of East Coast Group. The signing ceremony was held at East Coast Centre in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Wednesday, the release said. East Coast Managing Director Tanjil Chowdhury and Bitopi Managing Director Miran Ali […]
Bangladesh Power Development Board Awards IB Vogt & AG Agro Industries Consortium Rights To Develop 50 MW Grid-Tied Solar Project For BDT 8.75/kWh
German Bangladesh Consortium Win 50 MW PV Project Ib vogt and AG Agro Industries will develop a 50 MW solar power project on a ‘no electricity, no payment’ basis in Bangladesh’s Chittagong region. German solar power project developer ib vogt GmbH has secured rights to develop a 50 MW grid-tied solar power plant in Bangladesh […]
Bangladesh Increase Power Generation From Renewable
The government is gradually stepping up its efforts to increase power generation from renewable energy sources which so far have a minimal contribution to the national grid. ‘We are hopeful about meeting 10 per cent of our national power demand from renewable energy sources by 2021,’ said power, energy and mineral resources state minister Nasrul […]
DIU: The largest green campus amongst private universities in Bangladesh
Daffodil International University (DIU) started their journey in 2002 in Sukrabad, Dhaka. By 2010, the DIU community inaugurated their campus in Ashulia Model Town, at a location surrounded by nature. Classes began at the campus in 2011. The university premises, covering 100 acres of land, has a beautiful view. The whole area is well organised […]