The government has a plan to generate 5,000 megawatts of electricity from solar panels over the next five years, Iqbal Hasan Mahmood, the minister for power, energy and mineral resources, said recently.
"Immediately after taking office, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman raised the issue of solar power in his second cabinet meeting and asked us for a concrete plan on how to increase solar power generation," he said pointing out the government's move towards establishing solar power.
The minister made these remarks while speaking as the chief guest at a seminar titled, "Roadmap Towards 10,000 Megawatts Solar Power, 2030," at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), marking its 78th founding anniversary.
Engineer Mohammad Riazul Islam, president of the IEB and chairman of the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), chaired the event.
The previous government kept the power and energy sector import-dependent for money laundering, which has now left a debt burden of Tk 560 billion that the current government must bear, the minister alleged.
