Staff Reporter :
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said that the government is giving emphasis on increasing power generation from renewable sources as soon as possible.
“We are trying to involve more entrepreneurs of the private sector with the government efforts for increasing power generation from clean, green and renewable sources,” he said.
Nasrul Hamid said this to journalists after attending a progress evaluation meeting of different bodies responsible for renewable energy sources, including solar, air and water.
Currently, different countries in the world have been increasing power generation from renewable sources as the technology has developed and reduced the generation cost day by day, he said.
The projects which have already been approved should sign power purchase agreement in a definite date. Otherwise, the government will initiate to cancel the agreement, he said, giving a warning to the renewable power project owners.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already given approval to 16 renewable energy projects with 975MW power generation capacity. But of them, only two project owners of 82MW power generation capacity have signed power purchase agreement.
Five of the rest issued Letter of Interest (LoI), purchase committee approved one, tariff approved one; and other six projects are in the examination level of the project approval committee, sources said.
The meeting discussed the procedure to enhance renewable energy fund and getting donation from International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA), a UN organization for renewable energy.
Power Division Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaukaws, PDB Chairman Engineer Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh Renewable Energy Research Council Chairman Md. Anowarul Islam Sikther, among others, present at the time.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Tuesday said that the government is giving emphasis on increasing power generation from renewable sources as soon as possible.
“We are trying to involve more entrepreneurs of the private sector with the government efforts for increasing power generation from clean, green and renewable sources,” he said.
Nasrul Hamid said this to journalists after attending a progress evaluation meeting of different bodies responsible for renewable energy sources, including solar, air and water.
Currently, different countries in the world have been increasing power generation from renewable sources as the technology has developed and reduced the generation cost day by day, he said.
The projects which have already been approved should sign power purchase agreement in a definite date. Otherwise, the government will initiate to cancel the agreement, he said, giving a warning to the renewable power project owners.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has already given approval to 16 renewable energy projects with 975MW power generation capacity. But of them, only two project owners of 82MW power generation capacity have signed power purchase agreement.
Five of the rest issued Letter of Interest (LoI), purchase committee approved one, tariff approved one; and other six projects are in the examination level of the project approval committee, sources said.
The meeting discussed the procedure to enhance renewable energy fund and getting donation from International Renewable Energy Agency (IREA), a UN organization for renewable energy.
Power Division Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaukaws, PDB Chairman Engineer Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh Renewable Energy Research Council Chairman Md. Anowarul Islam Sikther, among others, present at the time.
