The cabinet committee on government purchase recently approved 24 proposals, including two for fixing power tariff to procure power from two solar power plants for a long 20-year period with an overall estimated cost of around Tk 11,044.80 crore.
The approval came from the 35th meeting of the CCGP in this year held with finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair.
Briefing reporters virtually after the meeting, additional secretary of the Cabinet Division Md Syed Mahbub Khan said that the meeting approved a total of 24 proposals.
He said that following a proposal from the Power Division, Bangladesh Power Development Board would procure electricity at Tk 10.989 for per kilowatt hour from the Consortium of Max Infrastructure Limited and Hanjo Bowler Company Limited for a 20-year period with around Tk 6,410.40 from the 180MW solar power plant being set up at Jamalpur sadar upazila.
The BPDB will also procure electricity at Tk 11 for per kilowatt hour for a 20-year period from the joint venture of Energon Renewables Ltd and PWR Energy Trading LLC with around Tk 4,634.40 crore from the 130 MW solar power plant being set up at Gazaria upazila in Munshiganj.
