State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that collective efforts are a must to achieve the target of 2041.
"The government is giving priority to power generation from clean and green energy," he said this as the chief guest at an agreement signing ceremony at a city hotel yesterday.
Nasrul Hamid said the generation of 3,749.07 megawatts power from 47 ongoing projects and 9,318.15 MW from 79 under process projects was in the pipeline.
The agreement was signed between Bangladesh Coal Power Generation Company Limited and Indonesia's PT Pertamina Power for the development of 500 MW solar project.
Abul Kalam Azad, managing director of the Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited, and Fadli Rahman, strategic director of Pertamina Power Indonesia, inked the deal on behalf of their respective countries.
Nasrul Hamid said currently 521 MW of electricity was being generated from 11 solar-based power plants.
Among the ongoing projects in the private sector, nine signed PPA-IA projects with a total269.27 MW of power generation capacity.
Out of the ongoing projects in the private sector, 29 signed LOIs have a total power generation capacity of 2,608 MW.
"The government is promoting renewable energy. Efforts are also underway to import electricity from renewable sources from neighbouring countries. At the same time, we are working to increase the use of new technology due to scarcity of land," the state minister said.
Heru Hartanto Subolo, Ambassador of Indonesia to Bangladesh, among others, spoke at the event with Senior Secretary of Power Division Md Habibur Rahman in the chair.
