Bangladeshi officials said that the country's other 12 solar projects are being drafted, which will increase online power generation by 500 megawatts. These projects may benefit from the 120 million pounds of climate change mitigation funds pledged by the British government at the COP26 summit in Glasgow. The British Foreign Office stated that the funding project aims to help build resilience, prevent pollution, protect biodiversity, strengthen renewable energy and better manage waste.

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The Dhaka authorities are preparing to sign solar power plants, including 100 MW projects in the Gemalpur district and the city of Babna; Chittagong upazila or borough’s 55MW oil field in Rangunia; Dhaka, Chittagong, and Nilphamari and A 50MW project in the Rangpur area of Panchagarh; a single 20MW site in Panchagarh; 10MW in the Sylhet district of Moulvibazar; a 7MW solar farm in the Chittagong area of Chandpur; and another 3.77MW in Pabna.

With 450 MW of solar projects under construction spanning nine projects, Bangladesh’s 776 MW of renewable energy generation capacity may increase to 1 GW. This South Asian country in Glasgow promised to have 4.1 gigawatts of renewable energy within this decade, of which solar power generation capacity reached 2,277 megawatts, thus contributing to global climate change work. The solar projects currently being installed include a 200 MW power plant in Gaibandha District; a 100 MW power plant in Mengla Port; a 50MW facility in Feni District of Chittagong; a 32MW power station in Sunamganj, Sylhet; and Panchagarh And Rangpur's 30MW plan. Keywords: engineering construction, engineering news

Bangladesh is one of the countries attending the Glasgow Conference. They called on the richest country in the world and the largest greenhouse gas emitter in history to fulfill an overdue commitment to provide 100 billion U.S. dollars in climate funding each year. The Secretary of State in the UK Cabinet Office, Alok Sharma, also chair of the COP26 climate summit, announced the amount of funding for Bangladesh. The information released by the FCDO did not confirm whether any or all of the 120 million pounds will be paid within 6 years in the form of non-repayable grants. Photovoltaic Magazine has contacted government agencies for clarification.Editor/XingWentao