UAE to help build 100MW solar project in Bangladesh

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The deal signed with UAE comes as Bangladesh works towards a 10% renewables target (Credit: BPDB)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is to support the installation of a 100MW solar plant in Bangladesh under a deal struck with the South Asian nation.

Khaled Mahmud, chair of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), signed this week a memorandum of understanding for the project with Sheikh Ahmed Dalmud Al Makhtom, member of the UAE ruling family.

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The agreement rubberstamped at Abu Dhabi’s St. Regis Hotel also foresees the installation of a liquefied natural gas facility, with capacity set to sit in the 800-1,000MW range.

The state-backed PV boost in Bangladesh follows BPDB’s launch, late last week, of a tender for 50 to 60MW in grid-connected projects in the Chattogram district.

The project, set on a build, own and operate basis and open to bids until mid-March 2019, emerges as Bangladesh works towards a nation-wide 10% renewable generation target by 2021.

Singled out by analysts as a 2019 PV hotspot, the Asian country announced last year tenders for 789kW worth of grid-connected rooftop solar panels atop government buildings in the Jamalpur District.

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