# Suhua and PSDC win turnkey solar and battery electrification contract at Bhasanchar, Bangladesh

> The World Bank award notice records signed prices of USD 9,049,500.00 and BDT 568,812,500.00 for a turnkey solar plant with battery back-up at Bhasanchar in Noakhali.

- Topic: Contract award
- Event date: 2026-08-16
- First published on EPC Feed: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T06:44:58.097Z
- Value: USD 9,049,500 (Signed price in USD in the World Bank award notice (USD 9,049,500.00). The same notice also gives BDT 568,812,500.00, which is not converted here.)
- Companies: World Bank
- Countries: Bangladesh
- Page: https://epcfeed.com/news/bangladesh-bhasanchar-solar-battery-turnkey


## Key facts

- Country: Bangladesh
- Financing: IDA-E3250 (project P501274)
- Scope: Turnkey solar plant with battery back-up and distribution system, Bhasanchar
- Signed price: USD 9,049,500.00 and BDT 568,812,500.00
- Duration: 18 months
- Award notified: 16 August 2026

The World Bank has published a contract award notice for a turnkey electrification package at Bhasanchar in Noakhali district, Bangladesh. The package is a solar power plant with battery back-up and its associated distribution system. The notification of award was issued on 16 August 2026, and the notice was posted on 28 September 2026.

Two awarded bidders are named: SUHUA CONSTRUCTION GROUP CO., LTD, of China, and POWER-SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. (PSDC), which is listed with a Bangladesh country entry. The notice shows the signed price as USD 9,049,500.00 and BDT 568,812,500.00.

The contract duration is 18 months. The work is procured under the Host and Rohingya Enhancement of Lives Project (P501274), financed under IDA credit IDA-E3250, with bid reference GD-1.

The notice does not state the installed capacity in megawatts or the number of households to be served. The beneficial ownership details printed for the bidders are not reproduced here.

## Sources

1. [World Bank procurement notice OP00471596: Contract award, Bhasanchar solar and battery electrification, Bangladesh](https://search.worldbank.org/api/v2/procnotices?format=json&id=OP00471596). Official notice, World Bank, Published 2026-09-28, Read 2026-10-23.