The government has extended the bid submission date of three wind power projects (each 50 MW capacity) by one month at the request of the bidders.
The plants will be set up in Chandpur’s Kachua, Khulna’s Mongla and Cox’s Bazar’s Inani beach.
Official sources say state-owned Power Development Board (PDB), which invited the tender to implement the projects by private sector, rescheduled the closing date to July 30 from June 30.
A top official of the Power Division, under which the PDB is working as a government entity, said “a good number” of aspirant bidders, mainly from China and India, have shown interest in the projects.
They sought a deadline extension at a pre-bid meeting, he said, adding that the time was increased at their request.
Power Division sources said the government invited
tender from private sponsors to set up the wind power plants on build-own-operate basis in the next two to three years. PDB will purchase electricity from the plants over a period of 20 years, they said.
Wind power generation is one of the untapped sectors in Bangladesh. Officials said the government’s move is part of its strategy adopted in its Power System Master Plan to produce 10 percent of the total power from renewable sources.
Sources say the government had moved to implement a 100 MW wind power project in the offshore areas about eight years ago. But it has not been implemented yet due to the bidder’s failure. Later, the government awarded a contract to an Indian consortium to set up a 30 MW wind power plant in Sonagazi upazila of Feni district.
