Draft guidelines for onshore wind-power-project development have been unveiled under a government priority as this clean energy remains under explored despite offering a "complementary and increasingly cost-competitive pathway".
Until now, the country generates only 62 megawatts of electricity from wind resources out of total 1,774mw power generated from renewable sources, according to Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA).
In the Renewable Energy Policy 2025 the government has set a target of generating 20 per cent of total energy by 2030 and 30 per cent by 2040 from renewable sources.
"The guideline establishes a clear, transparent, and bankable framework for the development of land-based (onshore) wind-power projects," SREDA says.
It says Bangladesh possesses modest but commercially viable onshore wind resources, concentrated primarily along its 710-kilometre coastline, in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, and across selected open plain areas in the north-west.Bangladesh market analysis.
Detailed wind mapping carried out by SREDA and international partners has identified multiple sites with average annual wind speeds of 5.0-7.5 metres per second at hub height-sufficient for utility-scale electrical power generation with modern turbine technology.
