Energy Bangla

The government has finalized a plan to install as many as 1 crore 32 lacs and 36 thousands of prepaid meters in the next five years (2016-2021) and Rural Electrification Board (REB) of Bangladesh alone will be responsible for installing 1 crore of them. A discussion program was organized titled “Introducing Prepaid Meter system for customer Service” on the occasion of intl. Public Service day in the Mukti hall of... »

The National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports announced to hold a countrywide sit-in program on 20th August to repeal the project of Rampal. Prof Anu Mohammad, the National Committee member secretary made the call for this sit-in program in a protest rally held in front of the National Press club on Saturday. Prof Anu remarked that, there is always an alternative to installing a particular... »

The deadline of the Tender of JICA (Japan Intl. Co-operation Agency) funded 1,200 MW Matarbari Power Plant has been extended. As reported by the Coal Power Generation Company (CPGC), the executing agency, 24th of July, 2016 was the last date of tender submission, which is currently extended to 24th of August, 2016. JICA asked for the extension of the deadline due to the security reasons in the wake of Gulshan... »

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) has a plan to ensure electricity for 95 percent of the rural vicinities of the country within 2018. REB and its member 78 Palli Bidyut Samiti (PBS) have agreed to improve the quality of service and to lowering the system losses. A conference was arranged in the city and it lasted for two days- Friday and Saturday, where General Managers of all 78... »

Bangladesh Power Development Board has awarded a $117 million order to a consortium led by General Electric for repowering of the Unit 3 of Ghorashal power plant, the largest power station in the country. GE said this would be the country’s first repowering project, which will increase the power generation capacity by adding over 200 megawatts of clean power to the national grid. The US-based company has formed the consortium... »

Some of the questions raised about the 2×660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal. Environmentalists have raised this question. The Power plant authorities have responded to this question. The answer to the question is highlighted for Energy Bangla readers. Here are a couple of answers to the question of authority. Q1. Is SCR (Selective Catalyst Reactor) or some other low NOx technology being used to reduce NOx emission?... »

The Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) today approved eight projects, including the project for increasing capacity of Dhaka-Chittagong main power grid. The estimated cost of the eight projects is Taka 7,868.30 crore, of which Taka 4301 crore will come as project assistance. The approval was given at a meeting of the ECNEC held at NEC conference room at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with ECNEC Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina... »

Bangladesh and Malaysia are going to install a 1,320 MW coal-fired Power Plant under a Joint Venture approach in Maheshkhali, Cox’sbazaar. On Wednesday, Bangladesh state-owned Power Development Board (PDB) signed this Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with two Malaysian companies—Tenaga Nasinol Berhad (TNB) and Powertek Energy Sdn Berhad (PESB) at Putrajaya, Malaysia. PDB chairman Shamsul Hasan Mia, TNB president Datuk Seri Ir Azman Mohammad and PESB director Dato Mark William Ling... »

The recent signing of the Rampal Coal Power Station construction agreement has raised issues regarding the environmental impact of such a power plant in ecologically sensitive area of Sundarban. Answers to the following 10 questions will go a long way in bringing transparency to the design criteria of the power plant and coal handling system in minimizing environmental impact. Coal, Natural Gas, Oil, Nuclear are the mainstay for large scale... »

The entire allotment of the revised budget for Fiscal Year 2015-16 was successfully utilized, claimed the Power Division in a meeting held on Saturday at Bidyut Bhaban. The division claimed it in a situation where, as reported by ADP (Annual Development Program) report as up to May, 2016 the division could hardly manage to spend around half of the allotted amount. It suggests that, out of the total budget of... »