The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) has re-tendered a 12 MW solar power plant planned near one of its treatment plants on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital.
Originally set to be tendered in January, the water authority was forced back to the drawing board after contractors attending a pre-bid meeting complained some clauses in the bid documents were too harsh.
The re-tendered plant will be constructed on a build-own-operate and transfer basis with DWASA to buy electricity from it for 25 years.
A senior DWASA official told pv magazine the authority has several water treatment plants and plans to install further solar facilities in the near future.
National renewables ambition
“There is a decision to set up solar power plants in all the big government buildings,” said the official. “So, solar power plants will be installed in … DWASA buildings and other establishments too.”
Another DWASA official confirmed the water treatment plant will not consume all the electricity generated by the PV project and any excess will be exported to the grid under net metering rules.
Popular content
By February, Bangladesh had seen 4.25 MW of solar capacity installed under its net metering program, part of a cumulative 577.32 MW of solar installed in the nation to date. That figure represents 3.04% of total generation capacity and ensures the government still has some way to go to hit its target of 10% of electricity from renewables next year.
However, several large scale PV plants are taking shape as Bangladesh attracts foreign investment from Saudi Arabian, UAE and Malaysian entities.
This content is protected by copyright and may not be reused. If you want to cooperate with us and would like to reuse some of our content, please contact: editors@pv-magazine.com.
By submitting this form you agree to pv magazine using your data for the purposes of publishing your comment.
Your personal data will only be disclosed or otherwise transmitted to third parties for the purposes of spam filtering or if this is necessary for technical maintenance of the website. Any other transfer to third parties will not take place unless this is justified on the basis of applicable data protection regulations or if pv magazine is legally obliged to do so.
You may revoke this consent at any time with effect for the future, in which case your personal data will be deleted immediately. Otherwise, your data will be deleted if pv magazine has processed your request or the purpose of data storage is fulfilled.
Further information on data privacy can be found in our Data Protection Policy.