Solar Power

Current guidelines for solar power plants need to be revised to reflect the challenges of land acquisition. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Rooftop solar panels may influence urban temperatures: Study  

The research, led by Dr Ansar Khan from the University of Calcutta and co-authored by Scientia Professor Mattheos Santamouris from UNSW Sydney, employed mesoscale simulations to examine the impact...

Ashraful Haque. Sketch: TBS
Panorama

BPDB’s open tender for power plants: Can it reduce solar power costs?

Zain Ali. Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Bangladesh must embrace the global green transition

Another renewable boost: Sirajganj 68MW solar plant set for June launch
Energy

Another renewable boost: Sirajganj 68MW solar plant set for June launch

A huge disruption to the oil industry is now waiting in the wings, thanks to the unstoppable rise of China’s solar power sector. Photo: Reuters
Panorama

Solar power’s giants are providing more energy than big oil

New energy behemoths. Photo: Bloomberg
Bloomberg Special

Solar power's giants are providing more energy than big oil

SOLshare secures $2.2m funding, to expand solar power network
Energy

SOLshare secures $2.2m funding, to expand solar power network

Representational Image. Photo Credit: DW/Mayalok Film
Bangladesh

How solar power saves the day for Char Abdullah residents despite Remal

Participants of a panel discussion at the “2nd Dhaka Renewable Energy and Finance Talk (DREFT2)-2024” at Bangabandhu Military Museum today (1 June). Photo: Courtesy
Energy

Solarisation of agri pumps nationwide can generate 5,000MW electricity: Experts

Speakers at a roundtable on 'Solar Net Metering in Bangladesh with focus on Export Processing Zones' organised by Change Initiative in the capital's Karwan Bazar today (25 May). Photo: TBS
Energy

333 MW electricity generation possible with solar power plants using only 30% of EPZ area: Experts

File photo of Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud. Photo: BSS
Energy

Bangladesh needs to revise solar power policy to address land crisis: Hasan Mahmud

US company becomes world's most valuable solar firm after Chinese rivals slip
Global Economy

US company becomes world's most valuable solar firm after Chinese rivals slip

An aerial view of Teesta Solar Limited at Sundarganj, Gaibandha on 20 April. The solar plant has so far supplied 42.31 crore units of electricity to the national grid since January 2023. The solar plant, established at a cost of Tk3,000 crore, was inaugurated in August last year. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Energy

Teesta solar project sets green example