200MW solar power plant opens

Business Desk :
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday inaugurated a 200-megawatt (MW) solar power plant, the highest renewable resource-focused power generation capacity of a single facility in the country, built by Beximco Power Ltd.

Some $300 million was invested to set up the plant, named Teesta Solar Ltd, on 650 acres of a landmass formed through sedimentation in Sundarganj upazila of the northwestern district of Gaibandha, said a press statement.

The plant is expected to provide 200MW of electricity to the national grid daily, said the statement issued by Public Relations Officer Shafiqul Islam of the office of the adviser to the prime minister on private industries and investment.