Bangladesh among top 20 prospective solar farm capacity nations

[Homo Sapiens]

Bangladesh among top 20 prospective solar farm capacity nations​

As of now, Bangladesh could develop capacity to generate 554.17MW electricity from solar power and 2.9MW from wind power​

Bangladesh is one of the top 20 countries with prospective solar farm capacity, says data published recently by the Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
However, it said the country is nowhere on the list of the current top 20 wind power capacity nations.
GEM, the San Francisco-based fossil fuel and renewable energy projects monitor, launched this new tracker on 24 May, showing country-by-country build-out of utility-scale solar and wind energy projects.

GEM released two new tools for tracking the global transition to renewable energy: a wind power tracker covering wind farm phases of 10 megawatts (MW) or more, and a solar power tracker covering utility-scale solar PV farm phases of 20MW or more, while it is 10MW or more in Arabic-speaking countries.

Combining government, corporate, and other public data, the two trackers provide project-level data to show the speed and extent to which countries are building out wind and solar power.

As per the tracker, Bangladesh has development capacity of around 2,665 prospective solar farms and hardly 355 prospective wind farms. The country has 34 solar farm phase counts with only seven wind farm phase counts.

A solar project phase is generally defined as a group of one or more solar units that are installed under one permit, and one power purchase agreement, and typically come online at the same time.

However, the report did not disclose the prospect of electricity generation capacity from solar and wind energy.
As of now, Bangladesh could develop capacity to generate 554.17MW electricity from solar power and 2.9MW from wind power, while the country's total power generation capacity is above 22GW – excluding captive power.

The recently released Global Solar Power Tracker catalogues every solar farm phase at these capacity thresholds of any status, including operating, announced, under development, under construction, shelved, cancelled, mothballed, or retired.

The Global Wind Power Tracker (GWPT) catalogues 13,263 operating utility-scale wind farm phases generating 681.4GW in 144 countries, and additional wind farm phases that would potentially generate 882GW.

Countries with the most operating utility-scale wind projects are China at 261.2GW, the United States at 127.3GW, Germany at 39.6GW, Spain at 26.8GW, and India at 23.7GW.

The Global Solar Power Tracker (GSPT) catalogues 5,190 operating utility-scale solar farm phases generating 289.7GW in 148 countries, and an additional 3,551 prospective projects that would generate 651.6GW. Utility-scale solar projects account for roughly 65% of total global solar capacity with the remaining 35% being residential and commercial installations.

Countries with the most operating utility-scale solar projects are China at 130.3GW, the United States at 43.4GW, India at 29.0GW, Vietnam at 11.3GW, and Mexico at 10.5GW.

"Capturing the full extent of utility solar and wind energy build-out around the world is critical for measuring progress towards the energy transition," said Ingrid Behrsin, project manager for GEM's Global Wind Power Tracker.

"With open-access project-level data like this, we are now in a much stronger position to track how countries are stacking up against their own stated goals in renewables," Ingrid Behrsin added.

Bangladesh among top 20 prospective solar farm capacity nations

As of now, Bangladesh could develop capacity to generate 554.17MW electricity from solar power and 2.9MW from wind power

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[mb444]

Read it a couple of times but must admit did not understand it. Seemed like complete gibberish

 

[rainbowrascal]

Fun Fact: To get the same amount of electricity as the Rooppur Nuclear Plant, we will have to install a massive 7200MW worth of solar plant. Because solar has low efficiency, in fact solar is the least efficient among other power sources.

In Bangladesh, solar plant has an efficiency of around 30% on average, that too on a good sunny day. In monsoon or winter it falls down below 15%

 

[Wergeland]

Solar and wind farms are OK in the Bay of Bengal and wide rivers. Otherwise BD has better uses for its land. As already mentioned, solar energy output pr/m2 area is not favorable for small and densely populatef country.

 

[EasyNow]

Bangladesh among top 20 prospective solar farm capacity nations​

As of now, Bangladesh could develop capacity to generate 554.17MW electricity from solar power and 2.9MW from wind power​

Bangladesh is one of the top 20 countries with prospective solar farm capacity, says data published recently by the Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
However, it said the country is nowhere on the list of the current top 20 wind power capacity nations.
GEM, the San Francisco-based fossil fuel and renewable energy projects monitor, launched this new tracker on 24 May, showing country-by-country build-out of utility-scale solar and wind energy projects.

GEM released two new tools for tracking the global transition to renewable energy: a wind power tracker covering wind farm phases of 10 megawatts (MW) or more, and a solar power tracker covering utility-scale solar PV farm phases of 20MW or more, while it is 10MW or more in Arabic-speaking countries.

Combining government, corporate, and other public data, the two trackers provide project-level data to show the speed and extent to which countries are building out wind and solar power.

As per the tracker, Bangladesh has development capacity of around 2,665 prospective solar farms and hardly 355 prospective wind farms. The country has 34 solar farm phase counts with only seven wind farm phase counts.

A solar project phase is generally defined as a group of one or more solar units that are installed under one permit, and one power purchase agreement, and typically come online at the same time.

However, the report did not disclose the prospect of electricity generation capacity from solar and wind energy.
As of now, Bangladesh could develop capacity to generate 554.17MW electricity from solar power and 2.9MW from wind power, while the country's total power generation capacity is above 22GW – excluding captive power.

The recently released Global Solar Power Tracker catalogues every solar farm phase at these capacity thresholds of any status, including operating, announced, under development, under construction, shelved, cancelled, mothballed, or retired.

The Global Wind Power Tracker (GWPT) catalogues 13,263 operating utility-scale wind farm phases generating 681.4GW in 144 countries, and additional wind farm phases that would potentially generate 882GW.

Countries with the most operating utility-scale wind projects are China at 261.2GW, the United States at 127.3GW, Germany at 39.6GW, Spain at 26.8GW, and India at 23.7GW.

The Global Solar Power Tracker (GSPT) catalogues 5,190 operating utility-scale solar farm phases generating 289.7GW in 148 countries, and an additional 3,551 prospective projects that would generate 651.6GW. Utility-scale solar projects account for roughly 65% of total global solar capacity with the remaining 35% being residential and commercial installations.

Countries with the most operating utility-scale solar projects are China at 130.3GW, the United States at 43.4GW, India at 29.0GW, Vietnam at 11.3GW, and Mexico at 10.5GW.

"Capturing the full extent of utility solar and wind energy build-out around the world is critical for measuring progress towards the energy transition," said Ingrid Behrsin, project manager for GEM's Global Wind Power Tracker.

"With open-access project-level data like this, we are now in a much stronger position to track how countries are stacking up against their own stated goals in renewables," Ingrid Behrsin added.

Bangladesh among top 20 prospective solar farm capacity nations

As of now, Bangladesh could develop capacity to generate 554.17MW electricity from solar power and 2.9MW from wind power

www.tbsnews.net

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This entire story sounds like a sales pitch from the solar industry.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

This entire story sounds like a sales pitch from the solar industry.

Paid feature, no doubt.

Using BD’s extremely fertile land to harness solar energy is absolutely stupid. Even using the rivers is stupid. Rivers should be used for transport and floating gardens.

BD should harness wind in the Bay of Bengal.

Solar is more suitable for barren desert areas like western India and Pakistan.

BD needs 2-3 more nuclear plants. Then we are sorted for a decade or two.

 

[Bilal9]

Fun Fact: To get the same amount of electricity as the Rooppur Nuclear Plant, we will have to install a massive 7200MW worth of solar plant. Because solar has low efficiency, in fact solar is the least efficient among other power sources.

In Bangladesh, solar plant has an efficiency of around 30% on average, that too on a good sunny day. In monsoon or winter it falls down below 15%

While I agree that efficiency of Solar is around 30% on average (actually number is closer to 20%) - one has to consider that the raw material needed to produce power is basically free and is renewable. Similar situation with Wind Power. Not to mention that there is hardly any by product and pollution.

20% isn’t that bad actually. Car engines only turn about 20% of the energy in gas into movement, the rest being waste heat. Coal plants achieve from 33% to 40% efficiency in the best cases, with the rest being just waste heat. Combined cycle gas plants, where the heat is used in addition to the mechanical energy to generate electricity manage to make it up to about 54% efficiency, the best possible scenario.

But again - sunshine is FREE !

Solar cells will get more efficient with time, and there are many other options with solar that are more efficient. This will evolve and get better. Wind power technology is evolving as well.

Concentrated solar is still expensive, but disruptive changes may be forthcoming.

Concentrated solar power - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[EasyNow]

Paid feature, no doubt.

Using BD’s extremely fertile land to harness solar energy is absolutely stupid. Even using the rivers is stupid. Rivers should be used for transport and floating gardens.

BD should harness wind in the Bay of Bengal.

Solar is more suitable for barren desert areas like western India and Pakistan.

BD needs 2-3 more nuclear plants. Then we are sorted for a decade or two.

Yes, the cost Vs returns for solar in BD make no sense. That money is far better off invested in nuclear plants - there is nothing cleaner, cheaper and more efficient than nuclear.

The UK bet big on wind power, allowed several nuclear plants to move towards decommissioning - and now with the rise of electric cars, for the first time in decades the UK is looking at the prospect of power cuts and loadshedding.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

Yes, the cost Vs returns for solar in BD make no sense. That money is far better off invested in nuclear plants - there is nothing cleaner, cheaper and more efficient than nuclear.

The UK bet big on wind power, allowed several nuclear plants to move towards decommissioning - and now with the rise of electric cars, for the first time in decades the UK is looking at the prospect of power cuts and loadshedding.

Betting big on wind was wise.

But completely stupid to abandon nuclear.

The HS2 crap is waste of money. That money could have been spent on nuclear.

But Britain’s green lobby is completely unhinged.

While I agree that efficiency of Solar is around 30% on average (actually number is closer to 20%) - one has to consider that the raw material needed to produce power is basically free and is renewable. Similar situation with Wind Power. Not to mention that there is hardly any by product and pollution.

20% isn’t that bad actually. Car engines only turn about 20% of the energy in gas into movement, the rest being waste heat. Coal plants achieve from 33% to 40% efficiency in the best cases, with the rest being just waste heat. Combined cycle gas plants, where the heat is used in addition to the mechanical energy to generate electricity manage to make it up to about 54% efficiency, the best possible scenario.

But again - sunshine is FREE !

Solar cells will get more efficient with time, and there are many other options with solar that are more efficient. This will evolve and get better. Wind power technology is evolving as well.

Concentrated solar is still expensive, but disruptive changes may be forthcoming.

Concentrated solar power - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Given the land prices in BD - it’s not cheap.

Plus solar panels get damaged and have a 10 year lifespan.

 

[rainbowrascal]

While I agree that efficiency of Solar is around 30% on average (actually number is closer to 20%) - one has to consider that the raw material needed to produce power is basically free and is renewable. Similar situation with Wind Power. Not to mention that there is hardly any by product and pollution.

Lifetime co2 emission of solar is much higher than nuclear or wind, from construction to decommissioning. Still a good source of energy if you have the resources, but not reliable.

As for a high density country like us with low fertile land/person, solar is definitely not the way to go.

For example our biggest solar farm 100MW at Mongla, is in 350 acres was built at a cost of 1800 crore taka. Given 30% efficiency (bold estimate), to match RNPP's generation we'll have to built 7200MW of solar plants on 25,000 acre(100 km2) spending 130,000 crore taka ($13.5 bn). That's the cost of a nuclear plant, that too with double electricity cost compared to nuclear.

If we had a little portion of land comprising desert like india or pakistan, we wouldn't have to worry about the land cost and food production...

Now would it be wise to spend that much money, on that much land area and still no surety of getting continuous electricity?

 

[UKBengali]

Betting big on wind was wise.

But completely stupid to abandon nuclear.

The HS2 crap is waste of money. That money could have been spent on nuclear.

But Britain’s green lobby is completely unhinged.

Wind is the wrong way to go for a small country like the UK as it takes too much precious land and is a total eyeshore. Not to mention the killing of millions of birds every year.

In Q3 2021, onshore and offshore wind generated just 15% of all electricity production. For comparison this would have required just 4 nuclear power stations.

Much rather this money have been spent on 4 nuclear power stations than filling the country with these eyeshores and taking up useful land at the same time.

 

[BananaRepublicUK]

Wind is the wrong way to go for a small country like the UK as it takes too much precious land and is a total eyeshore. Not to mention the killing of millions of birds every year.

In Q3 2021, onshore and offshore wind generated just 15% of all electricity production. For comparison this would have required just 4 nuclear power stations.

Much rather this money have been spent on 4 nuclear power stations than filling the country with these eyeshores and taking up useful land at the same time.

They are not an eyesore. They are quite beautiful.

Britain is not like BD. Only a tiny chunk can be farmed. Whereas in bd, every inch can be farmed throughout the year.

Anyway, most wind turbines are offshore not onshore.

Btw, welcome back!

Mistri bhai, has completely lost it

 

[UKBengali]

They are not an eyesore. They are quite beautiful.

Britain is not like BD. Only a tiny chunk can be farmed. Whereas in bd, every inch can be farmed throughout the year.

Anyway, most wind turbines are offshore not onshore.

Btw, welcome back!

Mistri bhai, has completely lost it

Depends on your perspective but I think most people dp not like them.

Like I say I would much rather UK built 12 nuclear power stations than waste time with wind turbines, solar farms etc.

 

[ThunderCat]

Adding any new technology without prior ecological evaluation is dangerous.
Bangladesh's plant life could be affected by too many solar panels which could interfere in natural sunlight distrbitution although not mentioned in Micheal Moore's documentary Planet of the Humans.