The target also includes 47MW of planned biomass capacity, said The Financial Express, a Dhaka-based daily newspaper.

The Bangladeshi government expects renewables to account for 5% of the national energy mix by the end of this year and 10% by 2021.

Statistics from the government’s Power Division indicate that 224MW of renewables capacity is scheduled for installation in 2016, followed by 681MW in 2017, 594MW in 2018, 552MW in 2019, 410MW in 2020 and 415MW in 2021.

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