The Kaptai dam
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BPDB has determined to arrange a 7.6 MW solar energy plant on land close to the 230 MW Karnafuli hydropower station, about 50 kilometers from the port metropolis of Chittagong. It stated it needs to construct a brand new energy plant close to one other 7.4 MW PY array that got here on-line in 2019.
“We did an in-house feasibility examine and determined to construct the solar energy plant,” Nira Mazumder, chief engineer of BPDB, instructed pv journal.
Ahmed Jahir Khan, director of renewables at BPDB, stated the 7.4 MW solar energy plant was financed by the Asian Growth Financial institution and famous that the federal government would quickly start looking for funding for the brand new plant. “We are going to quickly write to the financial relations division to hunt funds from improvement companions,” he stated.
The 2 officers didn’t disclose any further monetary or technical particulars in regards to the new undertaking.
ATM Abduzzaher, the supervisor of Karnaphuli hydropower station, stated that the land belongs to BPDB,
“We’re presently conducting the mandatory preliminary works for the solar energy plant,” he stated, noting that the 7.4 MW undertaking will generate a median of 26,000 kWh of electrical energy per day. “With extra superior know-how the brand new plant can generate 28,000 to 30,000 kWh models of electrical energy per day.”
Bangladesh presently has a complete renewable vitality capability of 950 MW, with 716 MW from photo voltaic.
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