UNB, Dhaka :
A process is underway to set up a 10MW floating solar power plant at Mongla as a Mujib Borsho gift for the people of the area.
According to official sources, the Power Division has initiated the move to implement the project as soon as possible.
“A technical committee is now evaluating a proposal of an Indo-Bangla consortium in this regard,” Mohammad Alauddin, additional secretary to the Power Division, told UNB.
He said if the committee finds the proposal technically and financially viable, then the government will proceed to sign a contract with them to implement the project.
The Mongla Municipality will be an equity partner of the consortium by giving its water-body for the project. Currently, Mongla Municipality has a water-body on a 60-acre land in Bagerhat district to run its water treatment plant from which it supplies water to its residents.
Officials said the consortium of Indian and Bangladeshi companies moved its proposal to the Power Division recently, expressing its interest to set up the project. As per the proposal, the municipality will provide the water-body while the two companies will invest money to set up the project as an independent power producer (IPP).
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), on behalf of the government, will purchase electricity from the project for about 20 years.
Officials said a technical committee of the government is now scrutinising the technical and financial aspects of the proposal. They said the government is considering the project positively as the consortium claimed that they have the capability to implement it very quickly — even within 6 months.
Once the proposal is accepted and the project implemented, it will be a good gift of the Mujib Year which the government officially announced to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
A process is underway to set up a 10MW floating solar power plant at Mongla as a Mujib Borsho gift for the people of the area.
According to official sources, the Power Division has initiated the move to implement the project as soon as possible.
“A technical committee is now evaluating a proposal of an Indo-Bangla consortium in this regard,” Mohammad Alauddin, additional secretary to the Power Division, told UNB.
He said if the committee finds the proposal technically and financially viable, then the government will proceed to sign a contract with them to implement the project.
The Mongla Municipality will be an equity partner of the consortium by giving its water-body for the project. Currently, Mongla Municipality has a water-body on a 60-acre land in Bagerhat district to run its water treatment plant from which it supplies water to its residents.
Officials said the consortium of Indian and Bangladeshi companies moved its proposal to the Power Division recently, expressing its interest to set up the project. As per the proposal, the municipality will provide the water-body while the two companies will invest money to set up the project as an independent power producer (IPP).
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), on behalf of the government, will purchase electricity from the project for about 20 years.
Officials said a technical committee of the government is now scrutinising the technical and financial aspects of the proposal. They said the government is considering the project positively as the consortium claimed that they have the capability to implement it very quickly — even within 6 months.
Once the proposal is accepted and the project implemented, it will be a good gift of the Mujib Year which the government officially announced to celebrate the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
