Energy Bangla

The Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase on Thursday approved eight procurement proposals, including setting up of a 42.5MW waste to energy power project in Dhaka. In another meeting, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved a proposal in principle to set up six rice mills in Faridpur, Barishal, Jhalakathi, Bhola, Naogaon and Sylhet under public-private partnership (PPP). The project was titled “Construction of Composite Rice Mill(s) along with Drying and... »

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) won the prestigious Asian Power Awards 2020 in the “Solar Power Project of the Year-Bangladesh” category for implementing Solar Irrigation Pump (SIP) Project in Bangladesh. Dubbed as the “Oscars of the Power Industry”, the award was conferred through an event held digitally on 27th October 2020 by the Asian Power magazine, a Singapore based quarterly publication for the power generation, transmission and distribution industry in... »

Emphasising the need for an integrated initiative for promotion of renewable energy, experts have said that some 2,000 MW of solar power could be easily generated across the country on the rooftops of some 5,000 government buildings. “If there is a policy declaration that the rooftops of all the government buildings should be used for solar power generation and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will buy the same, private sponsors... »

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) – the lone state authorised electricity purchaser – has re-invited bids to develop the country’s first ever grid-connected wind power projects at two sites. The board intends to select sponsors to develop 50MW wind projects each in Chandpur and Cox’s Bazar cities on a build-operate-own (BOO) basis for 20 years. The deadline for submitting bids is November 3, and the pre-bid meeting will be... »

Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) has tied up with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) to promote renewable energy and energy efficiency at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) and all other economic zones across the country. The two organizations on Wednesday entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard at BEZA office in the city. As per the agreement, the two organizations will work jointly to... »

Power Division , BPDB , Bangladesh Power Development Board , REB , Rural Electrification Board , Idcol , Infrastructure Development Company Limited , RAPSS , Remote Area Power Supply System , mini-grids , solar mini-grid operators , electricity purchase , power distribution , solar mini-gird investors Power Division has finally asked all the power distribution entities to directly purchase electricity from solar mini-grid operators to save their investment. According to... »

Dipal C Barua started installing rooftop solar systems in Bangladesh when the PV industry itself was in its infancy, with his company Grameen Shakti. Now heading up the Bright Green Energy Foundation, Barua installs small residential systems, streetlights, and irrigation pumps throughout rural Bangladesh under various government programs. How would you describe the situation back when Bangladesh installed its first solar home system? As a co-founder of the Grameen Bank,... »

Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL) has financed the first Rooftop Solar project of FORTIS Group. The 428.22 kWp project will be implemented on the rooftop of K A Design Ltd, a RMG manufacturing concern of FORTIS Group, located at Boro Beraid, Badda, Dhaka. The rooftop solar project is a part of the on-going green initiatives of FORTIS group to use more environment friendly technology and become less dependent on grid... »

Jeff Bishop’s LinkedIn post gets right to the point: “Houston Oil & Gas Folks — we’re hiring in Texas” for jobs in clean tech. His company, battery developer Key Capture Energy, is making the pitch even as tens of thousands of renewable-energy jobs have dried up amid the coronavirus pandemic. That’s because Bishop and a handful of other clean-power executives see an opportunity to recruit talent from the oil and... »

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) on Monday signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Korotoa Solar Limited (KSL) for setting up a 30MW solar power plant at Tentulia in Panchagarh district. Korotoa solar, a joint venture between Beximco Power Company Limited (80%) and Jiangsu Zhongtian Technology Co. Limited (20%), will implement the project on 130 acres of land under an implementation agreement (IA) inked on the same day with the... »