Energy Bangla

The country requires more professional workforce to reach its goal and the workforce must show more professionalism at their respective jobs, said the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid. He also added that, the country would require at least two thousands of more engineers in the near future to meet the demands of the upcoming projects of the power and energy sector. The state minister said... »

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said her government took up a series of projects to develop further the power sector keeping in mind the increased demand of electricity to meet future need and illuminate every home. “We know that electricity demand is growing with the country’s development. Keeping this in mind the government has chalked out plans to fulfill the future demand and reach electricity to every house,” she said.... »

The state-run Power Development Board has submitted a proposal to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission to raise the bulk price of electricity by 15 per cent, up to Tk 5.59 from Tk 4.87 per kilowatt-hour or unit, to achieve its break-even target. The commission received the proposal on February 23, when it raised the prices of natural gas by 22.7 per cent on an average, officials said. The power board... »

The government has plans to raise power price, Nasrul Hamid Bipu has said while defending the move to increase gas prices up to 50 percent. “The gas price for power sector has increased. So we want to adjust the price of electricity,” said the state minister for power, energy and mineral resources at a programme in Dhaka on Friday, a day after the announcement of gas price hike. The ministry... »

Rahmatullah Md. Dastgir, the additional secretary of power division has been appointed as the new Managing Director of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC). The temporary appointment came at a moment when the tenure of the last MD was finished. However, engineers of DPDC have decided to go for a movement against the new appointment, as the newly appointed Managing Director is not an engineer rather he’s from administration... »

Hackers are now a real threat to the ‘sensitive’ or ‘critical’ infrastructures like power stations or grid systems. They can easily penetrate to any such modern computerized systems and cause much damage or even create a hazard to the country’s power sector if enough protective measures are not taken timely. Addressing this issue, the Power division has directed the concerned authorities to take necessary steps to safeguard these critical infrastructures... »

Visiting Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President Wencai Zhang on Thursday said the regional bank will support only renewable and gas-based power and energy development in Bangladesh, not any coal-fired or nuclear power plant project. “Supporting nuclear or coal-based power plant is not part of our policy. We support clean energy development such as hydro, solar and wind and also the initiative for energy efficiency, human resource development that are required... »

The government will install a 160-kilometre 400-kilovolt (kv) high-voltage power grid from Patuakhali to Gopalganj for carrying electricity from the proposed 1,320-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant, officials said. Power Division officials said the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has already undertaken the project to construct the power grid for supplying uninterrupted electricity from the upcoming 1320MW thermal power plant at Pyra. The PGCB has taken up the project at... »

The state minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid today urged on simplifying the initialization process of any new electric connection and also making it faster at the same time. He also stressed on initializing the electric connection of the household subscribers within one day as well as minimizing the time that usually required for the industrial connection initialization. The state minister laid particular stress on faster electrifying... »

Finally, two short-listed Japanese firm named Marubeni and Sumitomo has submitted tender documents for the implementation of a coal-based 1,200 MW power plant at Matarbari, Cox’s bazaar. Noteworthy that, the process of tender submission got stuck due to the terror attack that took place on 1st July in Dhaka’s Holey Artisan restaurant. State-owned Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) is the owner and the caretaker of the Matarbari power... »