Bangladesh coastal belt has untapped potential for wind energy | REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world

The latest country-wide wind map unveiled in July created new optimism for green energy generation from the coastal belt’s untapped wind resources. Wind mapping experts expressed the optimism that between 10,000MW to 20,000MW power generation could be possible from the coastal belt’s wind resources. The government’s Power Sector Master Plan 2016 set the target of generating 2,400MW of power from renewable energy sources by 2021 including 1,153MW from wind. Earlier, experts considered that the target set by the government was unattainable after two wind mills, the 0.9MW Muhuri Dama in Feni and the 1MW Kutubdia Island off Cox’s Bazaar, failed…