16 mw rooftop solar power plant opens at KEPZ in Ctg

FE REPORT

The Korean EPZ (KEPZ) in Chattagram has initiated operations of the country's largest 16 megawatt (MW) solar rooftop power plant Sunday.

This is the first such rooftop solar power plant in any EPZ (export processing zone) across the country.

This plant was build under net metering system through which the owner built the plant at its own cost and sales the access electricity to national power grid.

Owner of the plant can adjust its electricity bill from the next month's electricity bill.

State minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources (MPEMR) Nasrul Hamid inaugurated the rooftop power plant as the chief guest.

Renewable energy will be the main source of energy in future, said Mr Hamid, while speaking on the occasion.

Around 40 per cent of the country's total electricity generation will come from renewable energy sources by 2041, he said.

Currently 730 MW, or around 3.65 per cent of the country's total electricity generation comes from renewable energy.

Ambassador of Korean Republic in Bangladesh Lee Jang Keun and KEPZ chairman Kihak Sung also spoke on the occasion.

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