Solar is the main clean power game in town
Solar accounted for the vast majority of newly built renewable power generation capacity in 2024, an indicator that the relatively cheap, flexible clean technology is outstripping beleaguered renewables like wind.
Data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) shows that global solar power capacity stood at 1865 gigawatts by the end of 2024, marking an increase of 452 GW from a year earlier. These additions accounted for three-quarters of global renewables capacity expansion last year.
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Desco invites bids for rooftop solar expansion in Dhaka
Dhaka Electric Supply Company (Desco), a state-owned power distribution firm in the country, has issued a tender for the development of 120 MW of grid-connected solar capacity. The project will be divided into eight lots of 15 MW each, with applications due by 5 May 2025.
The tender covers the design, construction, financing, operation, and maintenance of solar installations across Desco’s service area, which includes Dha...
Concerns growing over RNPP’s viability amid high costs
As the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant nears its expected commercial launch in early 2026, concerns are growing among energy experts over its financial viability, with many questioning whether the high project cost could turn it into a white elephant.
The government conceived the idea of setting up the RNPP project in 2009 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Russian Federation on May 13, 2009, on the 'Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy'.
BPDB’s 41 solar tenders fail to attract bidders
Between December and January, the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) issued tenders for 41 solar power projects. However, not a single bid has been submitted, prompting the state-owned utility to extend the submission deadlines multiple times. The proposed solar plants, with capacities varying from 10 MW to 100 MW, are projected to deliver a total of 2.633 GW of electricity.
The BPDB’s initial tender, released ...
Wyoming: a lesson in ‘all-of-the-above’ energy policy
In late January, a legislative meeting in the US state of Wyoming cut to the core of energy debates. One bill in discussion, entitled ‘Make carbon dioxide great again — no net zero, ’ demonstrates general hostility to the energy transition in a predominantly Republican state that has produced coal, oil and gas for generations. But another bill on the meeting agenda, about advanced nuclear energy manufacturing, envisions a lower carbon future for Wyoming: one that has garnered significant interest from local and foreign companies.
“Wyoming is developing an environment that is very interesting to the nuclear industry, and we’re very excited to consider setting up our manufacturing operation in Wyoming,” Matt Wilson, operations director at California-based nuclear start-up Radiant Indus...
2 units resume generation
Two units of the Barapukuria Thermal Power Plant in Dinajpur have resumed electricity generation, supplying between 240 and 250 megawatts daily to the national grid.
The plant, which has a total capacity of 525 megawatts across its three units, had been non-operational due to mechanical faults.
Although two units are now functioning, the third unit has remained ...
