Dhaka, May 4 -- Power China, the builder of Bangladesh's first 60-megawatt (MW) capacity wind power plant, is eyeing to build two new similar plants with a combined capacity of 260MW near the existing one in Cox's Bazar, showing substantial prospects of such renewable energy in the country.

"We have planned to build a 60MW plant at the northern side of the existing one and another 200MW plant at further north," deputy country manager of Power China in Bangladesh Han Kun told the FE during a recent visit at the project site.

Bangladesh has huge prospects in building new wind power plants at different areas, especially in the coastal belts where wind speed is high, he said.

Located at Khurushkul near Cox's Bazar beach, the country's firs...