Express-owned Bangladesh Energy Boost Board (BPDB) has did now not waft an open tender for developing 10 grid-linked solar energy vegetation within the personal sector, no topic a first-rate-level decision by the Energy Division as allotment of renewable energy promotion.
“The officials interested have not been in a plot to terminate their preparations to waft the tender, even supposing the choice is being given the utmost priority by the period in-between govt,” said a source asking for anonymity.
Earlier, the Energy Division directed the BPDB to waft the tender for the fashion of 10 grid-linked solar energy vegetation within the personal sector, every with a capacity of fifty megawatts (MW), totalling 500 MW.
Sources said the pass came against the backdrop of the period in-between govt’s decision to now not impress any more contracts beneath the Hasty Enhancement of Energy and Vitality Supply Act (Particular Provision) Act, 2010.
As a consequence, the plot in which forward for 34 proposed non-public-sector grid-linked solar energy plant initiatives, for which the BPDB had beforehand issued Letters of Intent (LoI) beneath the old Awami League govt, has develop into unsure.
BPDB had chosen these firms during the strategy of “unsolicited provide” beneath the Hasty Enhancement of Energy and Vitality Supply Act (Particular Provision) Act, 2010.
Under this legislation, the government can award the contract of a mission to any non-public company with out a tender job.
Vitality experts possess criticised this special act because the basis put of living off of all corruption and irregularities within the energy and energy sector for the interval of the Awami League tenure.
They alleged that many underqualified non-public firms were awarded energy plant initiatives, deal increasing charges and contributing to an annual sector loss of Tk 70,000 crore.
As a consequence, after the tumble of the Awami League govt in a mass uprising, the Prof Muhammad Yunus-led period in-between govt assumed put of job and determined to slump the legislation and now not impress any more contracts beneath this act.
The period in-between govt’s Vitality Adviser Dr Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan launched the choice quickly after assuming put of job within the energy and energy ministry, asserting that all and sundry future initiatives will be implemented through an open tender job.
This decision, on the opposite hand, put aside the personal sponsors, who pursued the 34 solar initiatives, in nice train of affairs as they’d already spent nice amounts of cash to gain land and gain the LoI.
In this form of notify, they expressed their curiosity in getting these initiatives through a aggressive bidding job and securing the contract through open tender.
“We possess got determined to on the origin waft a tender for developing a right decision of discipline-wise 50 MW solar initiatives. This may perchance presumably presumably lend a hand folks which possess already procured land to gain the mission through a aggressive bidding job,” Energy Division Senior Secretary Habibur Rahman knowledgeable UNB about 10 days ago.
He said the government is attempting to put into effect solar energy initiatives as allotment of renewable energy promotion.
The personal sponsors will put of living up the vegetation at their enjoy value and the BPDB will possess electricity from the personal vegetation for a particular time-frame.
“The BPDB will quickly waft the tender for a name of grid-linked solar initiatives, every of fifty MW capacity. Largely, these locations will be chosen where energy evacuation products and companies are on hand with grid substations,” said the secretary.
He, on the opposite hand, did now not provide particulars of the locations.
A senior BPDB official talked about that basically the Objective Energy Producer (IPP) Cell-1 has been working on making ready the tender file and placement decision.
Despite repeated calls over the cell cellphone, IPP Cell-1 Director Shamsuzzoha Kabir did now not acknowledge to queries in this regard.
