Walton installs floating solar power plant at headquarters
Tech-giant Walton, as a part of its green initiatives, has installed floating solar power plant at its headquarters at Chandra in Gazipur with one megawatt capacity, said a press release...
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CA鈥檚 intervention demanded to stop damaging haors
Environmental activists, farmers and members of the local fishing community on Sunday urged the interim government chief adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, and the authorities of the ministries concerned to take steps to stop the ongoing attempts of filling up paddy fields and destroying wetlands at Moulvibazar Sadar upazila for installing a solar power project...
Swiss solar furnaces recycling waste metal of watchmakers
A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking city, aimed at melting down and recycling the key industry鈥檚 steel offcuts by using green energy...
Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installation
An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia鈥檚 Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China鈥檚 almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition...
Glimmering sea of solar as China expands desert installation
An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia鈥檚 Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China鈥檚 almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition.
IDCOL holds training on rooftop solar adoption
IDCOL has organised a comprehensive two-day training programme aimed at accelerating the adoption of rooftop solar energy among industries in Bangladesh. The training focused on the opportunities and financing mechanisms available to...
Partial solar eclipse not visible from Bangladesh: ISPR
A partial solar eclipse will occur on Sunday, but it will not be visible from Bangladesh.
Morocco tests floating solar panels to save water, generate power
Sun-baked Morocco, grappling with its worst drought in decades, has launched a pilot project aimed at slowing water evaporation while simultaneously generating green energy using floating solar panels.
US org doubts Bangladesh rooftop solar prog success
Bangladesh鈥檚 new rooftop solar programme to increase the generation to about 3,000 megawatts from current 245MW is challenging for factors like limited capacity and maintenance issues, said the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, a US-based organisation, on Monday...
PPP Authority, ADB discuss solar energy
The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Authority on Wednesday welcomed a consultation mission led by Monica Mei V Carino-Young from the Asian Development Bank to discuss innovative partnership opportunities aimed at improving the quality of life for rural communities in Bangladesh...
Memo signed to build 600MW solar power plant in Khulna
A memorandum of understanding was signed between Sundarban Delta Growth Initiative and the Arab contractor consortium Orascom Peninsula at the Khulna Club auditorium on Saturday, aiming to build a 600-megawatt solar power plant in Khulna, with an estimated cost of Tk 8,000 crore.
Community-owned solar power deemed an alternative
Enid Medina Guzman always has candles on hand 鈥� not for creating ambiance, but because one of the blackouts that plague Puerto Rico could strike at any time...
Japan sees bright future for thin, flexible solar panels
Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China鈥檚 dominance of the sector...
Pakistan鈥檚 quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
Pakistanis are increasingly ditching the national grid in favour of solar power, prompting a boom in rooftop panels and spooking a government weighed down by billions of dollars of power sector debt.
ADB to fund solar power plant at NSEZ
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority on Sunday inked Transaction Advisory Services Agreement with the Asian Development Bank for setting up Ground Mounted Solar PV (100-200MW) at National Special Economic Zone Project on a Public Private Partnership basis...
Govt reduces duties on petroleum, solar power equipment imports
The National Board of Revenue has declared a set of reforms and adjustments in the national budget for the financial year 2025-26, with some significant changes in income tax, VAT, and customs duties...
Strongest 鈥榟ints鈥� yet of life detected on distant planet
Astronomers announced Thursday that they had detected the most promising 鈥榟ints鈥� of potential life on a planet beyond our solar system, though other scientists expressed scepticism.
No response prompts re-tender of BPDB solar power projects 聽
The Bangladesh Power Development Board has again extended the deadlines for its three tenders floated to build solar power plants with capacities between 10MW and 100MW as no proposals have so far been received from potential investors...
IDCOL to help install industrial rooftop solar system
The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), in partnership with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, organised a workshop on 鈥業nstallation of industrial rooftop solar system 鈥� prospects and...
HC removes state-appointed receiver from Beximco鈥檚 Teesta Solar operations
The High Court on Tuesday removed the state-appointed receiver from Teesta Solar Limited, a 200MW solar power plant operated by Beximco Group and the largest solar-based power station in Bangladesh, located along the Teesta River in Gaibandha.
NASA probe makes closest ever pass by the Sun聽
NASA鈥檚 pioneering Parker Solar Probe made history on Tuesday, flying closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft with its heat shield exposed to scorching temperatures of more than 930 degrees Celsius...
Floating solar plants: Renewable energy from water bodies
BANGLADESH grapples with the dual challenges of climate change and high cost of fossil fuel against the dwindling foreign currency reserves. Renewable energy sources can in such a situation...
A welcome step towards renewable energy
The government offering entrepreneurs land and interconnection to the national grid for a rapid expansion of solar energy is welcome. The Power Development Board is also scheduled to, as the energy adviser announced on December 7, begin open calls for 40 renewable energy projects, mostly for solar power. The Awami League government...
Govt offers land, interconnection for rapid solar expansion
The interim government has come up with a lucrative package for the expansion of solar energy, offering land and interconnection to the national grid, said energy adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan.
Gautam Adani, nephew summoned by US SEC in bribery case
Gautam Adani of Adani group and his nephew Sagar Adani have been summoned by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to explain their stand on allegation of paying $265 million in bribes to secure lucrative solar power contracts, news agency PTI reported...
Indian solar panel maker dazzles in market debut
India鈥檚 top solar module producer Waaree Energies shone on its market debut Monday after raising $514 million, as traders bet on increased global demand for clean energy components...
US forecasts severe solar storm starting Thursday
A massive ball of plasma and accompanying magnetic field ejected from the Sun is expected to strike Earth on Thursday morning, potentially triggering auroras as far south as Alabama, according to US forecasters.
Govt land in Dhaka div can generate over 20,000MW聽
Bangladesh can generate 20,555 megawatts of electricity by 2050 using a very small portion of available khas land in the Dhaka division alone, according to a joint study released on Wednesday by the Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network and the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association...
First extreme solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras
Earth was set to be struck by more powerful solar storms on Saturday, a day after the most extreme events in two decades triggered spectacular...
