Bangladesh

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Bangladesh’s PV tenders fail to attract investors
Bangladesh’s tenders for 41 solar power plants totaling 2.63 GW have failed to draw any bids, as investors are holding back from projects launched between December and January.

March 13, 2025 Syful Islam

The 41 solar power projects tendered by the Bangladesh Power Development Bank (BPDB) between December and January have failed to attract a single bid, forcing the state-run utility to repeatedly extend submission deadlines.

The solar plants, ranging in capacity from 10 MW to 100 MW, are expected to generate a combined 2.633 GW of electricity.

BPDB extended the bid deadline for its first tender, launched on Dec. 5, twice, while the deadlines for two other tenders, issued on Dec. 8 and Jan. 27, received their first extensions.

BPDB officials said bidders have purchased a significant number of documents for the first tender, but no proposals have been submitted. Document sales for the second and third tenders are ongoing, with submission deadlines now extended until April.

Golam Mortuza, director of Bangladeshi independent power producer Cell-1, told pv magazine that the BPDB relaxed many conditions following requests from potential investors at pre-bid meetings and could consider further revisions if necessary.

Still, investors view the projects as “not bankable” under current terms, citing the absence of government guarantees and difficulty securing financing. The BPDB has also set Bangladesh as the place of arbitration, which foreign developers and lenders reportedly find unacceptable.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/13/ ... investors/

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Bangladesh launches 2.65 GW solar tender
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) is tendering 14 solar power projects ranging in size from 105 MW to 250 MW.

March 24, 2025 Syful Islam

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Bangladesh has 1,550 MW of renewable energy capacity, with solar accounting for 1,256 MW.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/03/24/ ... ar-tender/

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Le Bangladesh va installer des panneaux solaires sur tous ses bâtiments publics

Connaissance des Énergies avec AFP le 27 juin 2025

Le Bangladesh a ordonné l'installation de panneaux solaires sur tous les bâtiments publics, administrations, écoles ou hôpitaux, dans le cadre d'un plan visant à développer la part du renouvelable dans son "mix" électrique.

30% de renouvelables en 2040

"Nous nous sommes fixés un objectif de 20% de nos besoins énergétiques couverts par les renouvelables en 2030, et de 30% en 2040", a indiqué jeudi soir le gouvernement provisoire. "Le Bangladesh est très en retard sur les pays voisins en la matière. Les énergies renouvelables ne couvrent que 5,6% de nos besoins", a rappelé l'exécutif dans un communiqué.

À titre de comparaison, les énergies renouvelables représentent 24% du mix électrique en Inde, 17,16% au Pakistan et 39,7% au Sri Lanka.

Le chef du gouvernement provisoire, le prix Nobel de la paix Muhammad Yunus, a exhorté les entreprises privées à participer à l'opération. "Le secteur privé sera responsable de la maintenance et du bon fonctionnement" de la production d'énergie solaire, "le gouvernement ne fournira que l'accès aux toits", a-t-il précisé.

Une centrale nucléaire bientôt en service

En plus de l'équipement des bâtiments publics, le gouvernement a lancé un appel d'offres pour la construction de 55 centrales solaires d'une capacité totale de 5 238 mégawatts (MW). L'exécutif espère leur mise en service dans un délai de trois ans.

Pour développer sa production d'électricité, le Bangladesh construit également à Rooppur (ouest), en collaboration avec la Russie, une centrale nucléaire d'une puissance de 2 400 MW. Elle devrait entrer en service cette année.

Le Bangladesh et ses 170 millions d'habitants dépendent largement des importations transfrontalières d'électricité en provenance de l'Inde, surtout lorsque la demande augmente pendant les chaleurs étouffantes de l'été.

https://www.connaissancedesenergies.org ... ics-250627

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Début des tests à chaud pour le réacteur Rooppur 1

Rooppur 1 hot testing under way

Thursday, 17 July 2025

The first nuclear power unit at the Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh is undergoing hot tests as the next stage of the commissioning process.

According to AtomStroyExport (ASE), part of Rosatom, "during the tests, the reactor unit is heated up, and our specialists check step-by-step how key elements operate under these conditions: pumps, pipelines, heat exchange equipment. It is important to record how the equipment behaves under load - after all, it will be the one that will ensure reliable operation of the plant later".

The hot testing is designed as a general check of the reliability of the reactor unit "before moving on to the next, more important stages … and shows where the system is ready to function under conditions close to real operation".

Leak tests on the containment building for Rooppur 1 were successfully completed last month.

Step-up transformers and auxiliary transformers were also commissioned for the unit at the end of June - the step-up transformers convert the voltage generated by the turbogenerator, 24 kV, into 400 kV to supply electricity to the national grid. They are capable of transmitting a total of up to 1599 MW of power, which is more than the 1200 MW capacity of the unit.
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https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/arti ... -under-way