Chinese-built solar power plant shines in northern Bangladesh

STORY: Chinese-built solar power plant shines in northern Bangladesh SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the PV power plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD NASIR UDDIN, Local villager 3. various of engineers and workers working on the plant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JAMEL MAHMOUD FAISAL, Engineer 5. various of the PV power plant 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHOU JINSHUN, Chairman of HDFC SinPower Ltd. 7. various of the PV power plant STORYLINE: In Mymensingh district in Bangladesh, some 169,000 solar panels are laid in rows and absorbing energy from the sun. The 50 MW photovoltaic power plant was invested by HDFC SinPower Ltd. whose major shareholder is a Chinese company. Construction began in September 2019 and it was put into commercial operation in November 2020. It became the largest solar power plant in Bangladesh at that time. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD NASIR UDDIN, Local villager "We never thought that elec