Energy Bangla

United Enterprise & Company Ltd, one of the corporate sponsors of Khulna Power Company Ltd (KPCL) has declared that it is willing to sell KPCL’s shares. Sources from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) confirmed the news. According to the DSE sources, the corporate sponsor is looking forward to sell the entire holding of 127,469,456 shares of KPC. However, according to the regulation, United Enterprise will have to sell the shares at... »

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina observed that a conflicting situation is created when there is an operation of Power Development Board (PDB) and Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) is in the same area. Then, the Prime minister suggested avoiding those two organizations to operate in the same areas. Sheikh Hasina made this decision on Tuesday while chairing a meeting of Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) held... »

The government has approved a Tk 130 billion project to ensure uninterrupted power supply across Bangladesh. The ECNEC in a meeting on Tuesday, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, cleared the project called ‘Power Grid Network Strengthening Project under PGCB’. Planning Minister AHM Mostafa Kamal later told journalists that the project will seek to strengthen the power distribution system in the country. We expect to achieve a power generation target... »

Matarbari of Maheshkhali, Cox’sbazar is now occasionally known as the next power generation hub of the country. In fact, the Matarbari project is the single largest project in the history of Bangladesh in terms of investment and power-hub utility support. The government has taken necessary steps to make this site as a one-stop destination for exclusive tourism, Export Processing Zone (EPZ), coal-fired power plant, special economic zone. Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury... »

Mayors from the largest cities of the country expressed their wishes to cooperate the Power Division to generate electricity from waste. The Mayors from the City Corporations of Dhaka north and south, Chittagong and Narayanganj made this call on today in a meeting held at the secretariat. The meeting was chaired by the state minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid. Siddique Zobayer, a member of the Sustainable... »

One of Australia’s dirtiest power plants will be shuttered, its owner said Thursday, in a move hailed by environmentalists. After decades of belching pollution, the Hazelwood brown coal-fired power station in Victoria state’s Latrobe Valley will close in March after French energy giant Engie decided it was no longer viable. Some 500 people are set to lose their jobs when the plant shuts down, with another 250 remaining until 2023... »

Dhaka Power Distribution Company has taken an initiative to strengthen its capacity for power transmission and distribution in half of Dhaka city under its jurisdiction. The company has come up with the initiative in the backdrops of frequent power cuts every day, particularly in summer, because of its inadequate and old-fashioned infrastructures in power transmission and distribution, officials said. Besides, overhead cables of power transmission and distribution system of the... »

The cabinet has finalized a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to exchange power within the member countries of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). The draft of the MoU titled ‘Understanding for Establishment of the BIMSTEC Grid Interconnection’ got its approval on last Monday, in a cabinet meeting chaired by the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina held at the secretariat. After the meeting the Cabinet... »

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will offload 10 per cent of its total stake in Dhaka Electric Supply Company (DESCO), according to Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). A declaration posted on the website of the premier bourse said the shares would be offloaded as per ‘instruction’ from the government. The BPDB is a corporate sponsor of the DESCO which was listed on the stock markets in 2006. “As per Government... »

Mehedi Hasan Miraz, the newest tiger and future star of the Bangladesh National Cricket team is already bestowed with so many gifts after his recent stunning performance against England; Now Rural Electrification Board (REB) has initiated electricity connection on last Saturday to his grandfather’s house, also his birthplace which is situated in Auliapur village in Bakerganj, Barisal. Miraz’s grandfather Denser Ali Hawlader is no more but his grandmother Jobeda Bibi... »