Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC installed a 3.3-megawatt (MW) rooftop solar-plant at its headquarters.
The plant will meet about 7.86 percent of the total daily electricity demand of Walton Headquarters. Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has financed this solar power project in Walton.
Walton Hi-Tech Industries’ Chairman S M Shamsul Alam, IDCOL Chairman and Economic Relation Division’s Senior Secretary Sharifa Khan inaugurated the 3.3MW rooftop solar project at Walton Headquarters at Chandra, Gazipur on Saturday last.
The inaugural ceremony was also attended, among others, by IDCOL’s Executive Director and CEO Alamgir Morshed, Head of Renewable Energy Enamul Karim Pavel, Company Secretary M Maftun Ahmed, KfW Development Bank’s Country Director for Bangladesh and Nepal Michael Sumser.
IDCOL Chairman Sharifa Khan said, “Walton is not only the pride for the owners, the workers but also a surprise for whole Bangladesh. Walton showed what Bangladesh can do.”
At Walton Headquarters, the IDCOL delegations watched a corporate video documentary of Walton. After that, they visited Walton’s well-decorated product display center as well as manufacturing plants of smart refrigerator, mold and die.