30 MW (AC) Grid Tied Solar Power Plant

Power is the prime mover for the economic development of a country. For sustainable growth of GDP, Bangladesh needs sustainable, reliable and cost-effective power supply for feeding its emerging economy. In spite of financial constraints and indigenous gas supply shortages, the Government of Bangladesh has designed a strategy to overcome the crisis and at the same time to meet up the ever-increasing demand for power. The Government has launched immediate, short, medium and long-term programs to increase power supply through introduction of fuel mix (gas, coal, liquid fuel, nuclear energy, renewable energy and power import from neighboring countries), demand side management, energy efficiency and conservation. The Government has adopted a Master Plan and planned to generate 24,000 MW by 2021 and 40,000 MW by 2030 and 60,000 MW by 2041 (PSMP 2016).

To accomplish this, private sector has been identified as key partner. There will be two broad implementation modalities (a) commercial solar power projects to be developed by the private sector on IPP basis (b) social solar power projects to be developed by Government Agencies. The allocation of solar power under these two categories are Commercial, 340MW and Social, 160MW out total 500MW. As part of the commercial solar power projects, a 30MW Solar power plant in Tentulia Upazila of Panchagarh District has been identified. In the context of technical study, EQMS Consulting Limited has been appointed by the Korotoa Solar to conduct the technical studies regarding hydrology and flood risk of the project area.