A solar power plant with a capacity of 68 megawatts is being set up in Syedabad area on the west side of the Bangabandhu Bridge on the banks of the Jamuna in Sirajganj. Total 27 thousand pillars have been installed here on 214 acres of land. One and a half lakh powerful solar panels have been installed on these pillars. 75 percent of the Sirajganj solar power plant has already been completed.
The power plant is scheduled to go into production in June. Project stakeholders said that if everything goes well, 68 megawatts of electricity will be supplied to the national grid from this center in early June.
The project workers are working day and night for this. Agriculture can be done on this land of fodder along with power generation.
Project stakeholders said that Bangladesh and China are jointly implementing the project to increase the production of renewable energy.
The project is being implemented by Bangladesh-China Renewable Energy Company. The power plant is 50 percent owned by the state-owned company Northwest Power Generation Company of Bangladesh. The other half is owned by China's state-owned China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC).
The cost of the project is estimated at 87.71 million dollars (the exchange rate of dollar during contract period was Tk 105 for about Tk 921 crores).
It can be seen from the project area, the installation of 27,000 tall and aligned pillars on the fallen land on the west side of the Bangabandhu Bridge has been completed. And more than one and a half lakh solar panels have been installed on these pillars. Workers are divided and engaged in different types of work. At this time, some workers said that the work is going on smoothly. The project is expected to be completed before the floods come this year. So the work is progressing rapidly.
In this regard, Deputy Manager of China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) Abdullah Al Maruf Hossain told the newspaper, "75 percent of the work has been completed. We hope to complete the work within the stipulated time. 80 percent of the buildings have also been completed. We plan to go into production in the first week of June.
Abdullah Al Maruf Hossain, deputy manager of China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) told the Khaborer Kagoj, "About 75 percent of the work has been completed. We hope to complete the work within the stipulated time. 80 percent of the buildings have also been completed. We plan to go into production in the first week of June."
Meanwhile, Masudur Rahman, project manager of Lam Enterprises, told the Khaborer Kagoj, "Control building, officer dormitory, rest house, security building and other works are in the final stage. This power plant will be a complete exception. Various vegetables will be cultivated below due to the installation of solar panels on high pillars in the center. On the one hand, there will be electricity and production, on the other hand, crops can be cultivated.
Abu Yusuf Surya, President of Sirajganj Chamber of Commerce said that basic industrial park and Sirajganj economic zone are being developed next to the solar power plant. Basic Industrial Park is nearing completion. Plots will be allotted there soon. As a result, many industries will be built there. The new solar power plant can play an important role in meeting the power needs of those industries. This new project will facilitate the establishment of industries in the district.
