500-mw electricity from solar power by 2012
Thursday, 15 July 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will assist Bangladesh to generate 500 megawatts of electricity from solar power plants by 2012, reports BSS.
Power and Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Taufiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury disclosed this at a roundtable in the city Wednesday when a panel of discussants advised exploring alternative sources to meet the growing energy needs.
Quarterly magazine Power and Energy organised the roundtable on the government's mega plan for the energy sector and the challenges to implement it.
State Minister for Power and Energy Muhammad Enamul Huq, former power and energy minister Ziauddin Bablu, former state minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain, Power Development Board (PDB) Chairman ASM Alamgir Kabir and Petrobangla Chairman Dr Hussain Mansur took part in the discussion.
Experts, investors and business leaders participated in the technical and open sessions of the roundtable following a keynote paper presented by Professor Ijaz Hossain of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Dr Taufiq said that the government had already discussed with the ADB to get its assistance to generate at least 500-mw electricity in the next two years.
"We know the solar power will comparatively be expensive, but the ADB will assist us to get the energy from this alternative source," he said.
The adviser also pointed out the government's efforts to make different sources of energy like coal and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) available so that the mega plan for power sector development can be implemented with concerted efforts.
Power and Energy Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Taufiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury disclosed this at a roundtable in the city Wednesday when a panel of discussants advised exploring alternative sources to meet the growing energy needs.
Quarterly magazine Power and Energy organised the roundtable on the government's mega plan for the energy sector and the challenges to implement it.
State Minister for Power and Energy Muhammad Enamul Huq, former power and energy minister Ziauddin Bablu, former state minister AKM Mosharraf Hossain, Power Development Board (PDB) Chairman ASM Alamgir Kabir and Petrobangla Chairman Dr Hussain Mansur took part in the discussion.
Experts, investors and business leaders participated in the technical and open sessions of the roundtable following a keynote paper presented by Professor Ijaz Hossain of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).
Dr Taufiq said that the government had already discussed with the ADB to get its assistance to generate at least 500-mw electricity in the next two years.
"We know the solar power will comparatively be expensive, but the ADB will assist us to get the energy from this alternative source," he said.
The adviser also pointed out the government's efforts to make different sources of energy like coal and LPG (liquefied petroleum gas) available so that the mega plan for power sector development can be implemented with concerted efforts.