Industries in Bangladesh continuing to deal with power supply crunch amidst energy shortage, the garment and textile sector in the country is increasingly turning towards solar power to combat the same.
This was claimed by media reports which further added some entrepreneurs were also installing sophisticated energy-efficient equipment to reduce power consumption to deal with the situation.
One of the largest garment and textile mills in Bangladesh, Rising Group, has recently installed rooftop solar power plants on its two factories in Manikganj and Gazipur at an investment of US $ 2 million, claimed reports adding, Zaber & Zubair Fabrics Ltd., a sister concern of Noman Group (one of the top textile manufacturers in the country), already has a 400 kW solar plant, while a new solar plant with 1 MW capacity is under construction even as Narayanganj-based Fakir Fashions Ltd. has started the installation of a 2MW solar plant while Gazipur-based Mosharaf Composite Textile Mills Limited is checking the feasibility of installing a solar plant, as per its Managing Director Md Mosharaf Hossain.
