81 electricity stations build up in 12 years 

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said as per a government plan, a programme for setting up solar power plants with a capacity of 900 megawatt is under process.

"A renewable energy policy has been framed for the development of renewable energy and green energy, and under the policy, a target has been set to generate five percent electricity (800 MW) by 2015 and 10 percent electricity (2000 MW) by 2020 from renewable energy," he said.

The state minister came up with this disclosure while replying to a written query from treasury bench member AFM Bahauddin Nasim ( Madaripur-3) in the House.

Under the plan, Nasrul said, a programme for setting up solar power plants with a capacity of about 900 MW is under process.

The state minister said the activities of Wind Resource Management have been undertaken to build wind power plants at 13 coastal spots. "A process is underway to establish wind power plants with a capacity of about 700 MW in public and private sectors," he said.

Besides, he said, a programme for conducting a feasibility study on setting hydroelectric power plants in the country's southeastern region is underway.

Nasrul said different effective steps are being undertaken to set up biomass and biogas-based power plants. Besides, he said, initiatives have been taken to use supercritical technology in the coal-based power plants considering the harmful impact of climate change.

The state minister further informed that initiatives have also been undertaken to import hydroelectricity from the neighbouring countries to meet the growing demand of power.