The country’s progress in renewable energy expansion has slowed down, which is evident from the installation of merely 78.98 Megawatt-peak in 2025 compared with the installation 380MWp in 2024.
According to the data published by the Sustainable Renewable Energy Development Authority on its website under the head ‘Year-wise Generation of All RE Large Technologies’, 247.36MWp was installed in 2023.
Ashraful Alam, the SREDA member on renewable energy, however, said that the current year-wise installation of large renewable plants did not reflect the real, on-the-ground scenario.
The database projected many plants as installed, but actually not, he said, adding that a scrutiny was on to correct the database.
Experts said that the renewable energy expansion work slowed down over the past 18 months since the interim government had scrapped 37 unsolicited renewable energy projects in November 2024.
The unsolicited projects were approved during the Awami League regime before its ouster in July uprising in 2024.
In November 2025, the interim government approved the power purchase agreement of a dozen of renewable energy power plants, mostly solar.
But its invitation of tenders for another 55 solar power plants ranging from 10MW to 250MW in four lots received lukewarm responses from potential bidders.
