Bangladesh has recently been able to see its First Ever Solar Power Plant with a capacity of 3 MW. From 3rd August’17 this Large-scale Solar Power Plant started supplying power to the National Grid, which is for the first time in the country’s history, evacuating power to the nearby BPDB-owned Jamalpur Sarishabari 33/11 kV Sub-station. This plant has used eight acres of land located at Shimla bazaar, Sarishabari of Jamalpur, under BOO arrangement with BPDB.

Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (OeKB), a specialised institution owned by commercial banks of Austria has issued ECA (export credit agency) guarantee worth $94.85 million to Chittagong-based GPH Ispat recently.

Danish company Vestas Wind Systems A/S (CPH:VWS) will carry out Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) for a 100-MW project in southwestern Bangladesh under a deal with the country’s Power Division, Dhaka Tribune said Tuesday.