Sonagazi Solar PV Park New is a 100MW solar PV power project. It is planned in Chittagong, Bangladesh. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the permitting stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2025 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2026. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is being developed and currently owned by Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh and Marubeni. The owners have 50% stake in the project respectively.

Sonagazi Solar PV Park New is a ground-mounted solar project.

Development status

The project construction is expected to commence from 2025. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2026.

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About Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh

Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Ltd (EGCB) is an electric generation company of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). The company operates two power plants at Siddhirganj and one at Haripur in Narayanganj. In Siddhirganj it operates 2×120 MW peaking power plant; and 335 MW combined cycle power plant; and a 412MW combined cycle power plant in Haripur, Narayanganj. It supplies produced power to BPDB under a power purchase agreement and for other entities. The company also has a running construction project of 50 MW solar power plant project in Sonagazi. EGCB is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

About Marubeni

Marubeni Corp (Marubeni) is an integrated trading and investment business that operates through its domestic and overseas subsidiaries. The company provides various products and commodities such as marine products, chemicals, energy, metals and minerals, machinery, textiles, forest products and general merchandise, and pulp and paper. It also offers finance, logistics, development and construction services. The company explores transports, stores and markets natural resources. Marubeni provides insurance and reinsurance funds, and Japan real estate investment trust management and property management services, and operates transportation infrastructure projects. It has operations across North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania. Marubeni is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

This content was updated on 25 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.