Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase in a meeting on Wednesday approved a number of proposals including setting up three solar power plant projects in the private sector from which the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will purchase electricity. As per the first proposal, placed by the Power Division, a joint venture of Parker Bangladesh Limited and Sumitomo Corporation of Japan will set up a 200-MW solar power plant at a location in the Barapukuria coal-mine. Under the second proposal, a joint venture of Fujian Yongfu Power Engineering Co.,Ltd of China, Air Waves Pvt Limited and Moni Traders Limited will set up 70-MW solar power plant in Bandarban from which the BPDB will buy per unit of power at $9.99 (equivalent to Tk 10.96) for a period of 20 years. As per the third proposal, the joint venture of Electric Generation Company of Bangladesh and Marubeni Corporation of Japan will set up a 100-MW solar power plant at Sonagazi in Feni.
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