Energy Bangla

Bangladesh has been importing 100 MW of electricity from Tripura of India since 31st March of the last year and 60 MW of more electricity is likely to be imported soon from there as well. The cabinet committee on public purchase has approved the proposal of importing 60 MW of electricity from Tripura in a meeting that held at the secretariat on Wednesday. The committee also approved seven new oil-fired... »

India is likely to lend an amount of $3.57 billion to Bangladesh for the development of this country’s power sector. The loan agreement is likely to be signed in the Prime Minister’s next visit to India. Four more Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) regarding the country’s power sector are expected to be signed as well in the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s upcoming visit to India. Out of this $3.57 billion borrowed money,... »

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) from now on will have to initiate new electricity connections within 7 days of applying for the household subscribers and within 28 days for industrial entities. A conference called, DGM (Technical) conference of 80 Palli Bidyut Samities (PBS) was held at REB headquarters in the capital on Saturday where the REB chairman Maj Gen Moin Uddin stresses on fixing the time limit for... »

Twenty-sixteen saw a “dramatic” decline in the number of coal-fired power stations in pre-construction globally. The authors of a new study say there was a 48% fall in planned coal units, with a 62% drop in construction starts. The report, from several green campaign groups, claims changing policies and economic conditions in China and India were behind the decline. However, the coal industry argues the fuel will remain essential to... »

The draft of the loan agreement on installing the Rampal Power plant got approved at the board meeting of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL) on this Wednesday. However, the final loan agreement which was meant to be inked yesterday with the Indian Exim Bank is yet to be signed. Earlier, the draft got approved by the ministry of finance and the power division. The draft just got passed from... »

The loan agreement on installing the most awaited power plant of Rampal is going to be signed today. The deal is likely to be signed this evening. The coal-based power plant of Rampal has a budget of $2 billion, among which $1.6 billion will be financed by the Indian Exim Bank. The Indian Exim bank will ink a deal on this $1.6 billion loan with the plant materializing authority Bangladesh-India... »

Ten new oil-fired power plants having an accumulated capacity of 1,000 MW are about to be installed in different parts of the country, among which most are awaiting approvals from the cabinet committee on the public purchase. Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB or PDB) has selected the responsible companies to install those power plants each having an average capacity of 100 MW. According to the related sources, proposals of 7... »

Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) received two bid prices ranging from US$ 4.5 billion to $ 4 billion for implementing 1,200 MW Matarbari Coal-Fired Power Project at Moheskhali under Cox’s Bazar district. “Evaluation of those tenders is not over yet. So we can’t say the exact quoted prices. But in the primary evaluation, it seems Marubeni may have submitted the lowest price. After final evaluation we will contact... »

NEW DELHI: The coal-based power generation increased by six per cent to 674.4 billion units (BU) during the April-December period of the ongoing fiscal, Indian Parliament was informed today. “During the period of April to December 2016, the coal-based power generation grew by 6.18 per cent to 674.492 BU as compared to the same period in the previous year,” Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal said in a written reply... »

Security has been fortified in the wake of militant activities in the country, to ensure the safety of emergency and vital infrastructures of the country’s energy and power sector, said the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid. The state minister informed about the security beef-up of the country in the inauguration program of the Youth Festival-2017, organized by Haji Abul Hossain Institute of Technology (HABHIT) in... »