Energy Bangla

Farzana Akter Isha, 24, works as a production supervisor at SOLshare, a renewable energy technology company that provides home-based solar power solutions to poor, rural families. When she started her career in 2014 straight after leaving school, Bangladesh’s solar sector was facing hiccups with sluggish demand – and Isha saw many of her colleagues switch to other jobs. But following years of slack progress, renewable energy in Bangladesh has recently... »

The Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) Ltd, a state-owned power generation entity, is set to build another three solar power plants with 300MW capacity at Sonagazi upazila in Feni district of the country. Report BSS EGCB recently signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Japanese business conglomerate Marubeni Corporation to develop a 100 MW solar power plant in that area. Tariff of this 100MW solar power plant is already... »

The country’s largest 60-megawatt wind-based power plant in Cox’s Bazar is all set to initiate commercial operation today (Thursday). The operation of the plant, owned by US-DK Green Energy, will be inaugurated at a function in the city. Located at Khurushkul near Cox’s Bazar beach, the plant has already been synchronised with the national grid after test operation months ago, project director Mukit Alam Khan told the FE. Chinese State... »

Among South Asian countries, Bangladesh produces the lowest amount of renewable energy against total power generation capacity, according to an analysis by South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (Sanem). Bangladesh’s renewable energy usage stands at only 1.90 percent against Pakistan’s 6.8, Sri Lanka’s 22.22 and India’s 30.2 percent. This was revealed at a roundtable titled “Exploring Sustainable Energy Pathways: Focusing on Cost-effectiveness and Green Budget”. The event was organised by... »

Bangladesh’s Summit Group plans to invest $3 billion in solar, wind and hydroelectricity generation projects in south Asia as a part of its clean energy push and efforts to diversify its fossil fuel-based business, its chairman said on Friday. Summit Power International, the Singapore-based holding company for all power generation assets of Bangladesh’s Summit Group in which Japanese utility JERA holds a 22% stake, will build 1,000 megawatts of solar... »

State Minister for the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today said coordinated and collective efforts are needed for a successful transition to clean energy from fossil fuels. “Our strategies are deeply rooted in fuel diversification, clean energy, and climate change mitigation,” he said while presiding over the Fifth Meeting of the ISA Regional Committee for Asia and the Pacific Region of the International Solar Alliance (ISA)... »

The United Arab Emirates is interested in making investments in the energy sector of Bangladesh, particularly renewable energy, said a visiting minister of the oil-rich Gulf country on Thursday. Report UNB UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber expressed this eagerness during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban. “They are very interested in the energy sector, especially renewable... »

Denmark today expressed interest to invest US$ 1.3 billion for producing offshore wind energy in Bangladesh as its Ambassador Winnie Estrup Petersen paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. “Denmark is keen to invest US$ 1.3 billion in Bangladesh for producing offshore wind energy,” Prime Minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted the ambassador as telling the Bangladesh premier at the meeting in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) here. After... »

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has instructed officials to take steps to power all irrigation pumps in the country with solar energy. In a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday, Hasina asked Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque to take steps to construct solar panels at safe heights above vegetable and fisheries farms. The matter came up when the committee was discussing a proposed project on agricultural... »

Solar power could be a better alternative for the government to offer people a respite from skyrocketing energy prices due to the surging dollar, says Shafiqul Alam, an energy expert from the US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The government must focus on solar power in the upcoming budget as part of its cheap and sustainable energy plan, he said. Shafiqul shared his recommendations to overcome the... »