Energy Bangla

The main construction of Rampal Power Plant will set off within two to three months. The power secretary from both the neighboring countries has confirmed this while visiting the Project site yesterday. A group of high officials and delegates from both the countries related to this project have paid their visit to the Project site of Rampal Maitree Thermal Power Plant. Among other high officials, Bangladesh’s Power Secretary Monowar Islam,... »

India, once again expressed interest in extending its support for Bangladesh’s Power Sector. Both the countries agreed on to improve the current capacity of the existing bilateral transmission line, known as ‘interconnection’ and to conduct a feasibility study to increase the number of interconnections. In a meeting held at city’s Sonargaon Hotel on Wednesday, the Joint Steering Committee (JSC), which is a secretary-level body of the power sector, formed several... »

An engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreement was signed here today to set up the 2×660 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal Upazila under Bagerhat district. Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt) Limited (BIFPCL) signed the agreement for Main Plant EPC (Turnkey) Package with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), India, at Pan Pacific Sonargaon hotel in the city. General Manager of BHEL Prem Pal Yadav and Managing Director of... »

The EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) Contract on installing the Power Plant of Rampal is likely to be signed today. The contract signing ceremony between BHEL and BIFPCL on 1320 MW Maitree Super Thermal power project is likely to be arranged at the city’s Sonargaon hotel. The state minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has confirmed about the contract signing. He said, “The USD 1.2-billion engineering, procurement... »

Wage discrimination has been an issue throughout the state-run companies and agencies of the country’s power sector. In recent times the Inequality has nearly doubled in comparison to the wage structures of companies and agencies. The salary for a particular grade or post in the agencies is nearly half of the salary to the same grade or post in the companies. The most recent Pay Hike in the state-run Power... »

West Bengal Electricity Regulatory Commission (WBERC) has roped in Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) to undertake a study on the possibility of reducing transmission and distribution losses in West Bengal-based power distribution companies. CESC, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company, Damodar Valley Corporation and Indian Power are the major power distribution companies in the state. KEPCO will conduct its study on all of these. KEPCO, a Korean public sector major,... »

All people of Bangladesh will get electricity, when the country’s total power generation would reach its target of 24,000 MW by 2021. “For the first time, the electricity generation reached a record mark with 9,036 MW on June 30, thus fulfilling the consumer’s demand,” Engineer Mohammad Hossain, Director General of Power Cell told. He said the government is now in a position to reach its desired target of generating 24,000... »

For the first time electricity generation has crossed 9000 MW mark. Thursday evening electricity generation was 9036 MW. This is the highest generation. Bangladesh has yet again generated record power in a day. Power Development Board (PDB) spokesman Saiful Hasan Chowdhury said the power plants fed the national grid 9036 MW at evening on Thursday. Bangladesh’s capability to generate power has increased threefold to 11,000 MW in the seven years... »

Around Tk 1166.36 crore, out of Tk 5500 crore allocated for power sector subsidy is likely to come back to the government’s exchequer in the current fiscal as the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) required only Tk 4333.64 crore to compensate electricity costs. The power sector subsidy even may come down further, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid informed the Jatiya Sangsad during the budget session, adding, the... »

Japan has signed an agreement with Dhaka on releasing the largest ever soft loan for six mega projects which include power, road communications and disaster management. Japan says this 37th Japanese Yen Loan Package signed on Wednesday is expected to provide “fresh momentum” for Bangladesh towards becoming a middle income country. JICA Chief Representative in Bangladesh Mikio Hataeda and Additional Secretary for Economic Relations Division Kazi Shofiqul Azam signed the... »