July 6, 2023: Amara Raja Batteries said on June 27 a subsidiary had won a contract to build a $130 million solar plant in Bangladesh, funded by the India Exim Bank.
The 100MW solar facility will span more than 326 acres near Dhaka and is set for completion in the next 18 months.
Amara Raja Infra Pvt Ltd (ARIPL) the battery group’s engineering, procurement and construction arm, will provide the engineering, design, supply, installation, and be responsible for commissioning of the plant for the country’s Rural Power Company.
ARIPL will work with Indian solar manufacturer Premier Solar Powertech.
Vikramadithya Gourineni, ARIPL director, said the project would help to establish the group as a serious player in the domestic and international renewables market.
ARIPL has a solar portfolio of 1GW in the pipeline, including the Bangladesh project.
At the time of going to press, the lead and lithium batteries group had yet to respond to Batteries International about whether it would be supplying any associated BESS systems for the Bangladesh project.
In May, Amara Raja broke ground for its 16GWh lithium battery cells factory and research complex in the southern Indian state of Telangana.
The company announced last December that Telangana would become the company’s giga corridor, featuring advanced laboratories and testing infrastructure for material research, prototyping, product life cycle analysis and proof of concept demonstration.
