Installation of the first turbine at the country's largest 60 MW wind energy project, under construction at Khurushkul in Cox's Bazar, has been successfully completed.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid recently disclosed the development through a Facebook post.
"We expect power generation [from the project] will start from May-June 2023," Hamid said, adding that this project will show Bangladesh a new path to producing environmentally-friendly renewable energy through clean sources.
Earlier on 31 March this year, Nasrul Hamid had formally laid the foundation stone of the project. However, the implementation of the project started in 2014.
US-DK Green Energy (BD), a private firm that is part of the SQ Group of Companies, is setting up the country's first independent power producer (IPP) fueled by wind energy, from which the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will buy electricity.
