The first on-grid solar plant in the country has been producing renewable energy and supplying it to Sarishabari Sales and Distribution Division of Power Development Board (PDB) under the national grid for over one year.
Installed by a private company on PDB premises in Sarishabari upazila, the 3MW plant has contributed to reducing load-shedding for consumers under the division.
The 20-year-life-span Engreen Sarishabari Solar Plant set up by Concord Progoti Consortium Ltd (CPCL), which installed 11,600 solar panels on eight acres of land of the division, started generating power for 12 hours from sunrise to sunset and providing it to 33/11kv sub-station of the division in August in 2017, said an official.
A total of 17,514 consumers, including residents, educational institutions, health and diagnostic centres, business establishments, banks and different offices, under the division have a demand for 6,000 kilowatt of electricity per hour.
The division can distribute 4,000 kilowatt to 4,500 kilowatt per hour among the consumers. As a result, the consumers had to face load-shedding for seven to eight hours daily before the solar plant started adding power to the division.
