Energy Bangla

Another coal-based Power Plant with a capacity of 320 MW is going to be installed in the Island of Maheshkhali of Cox’sbazaar. This time the coal-fired plant will be a product of a Joint Venture company with a partner from China named SEPCO. Power Development Board (PDB) of Bangladesh and SEPCO Electric Power Construction Corporation of China have signed a MoU on Monday to install this Power Plant. Minhaz Uddin... »

Bangladesh’s power plants have set a new record of power generation.The electricity generation on Saturday evening was 8,942 megawatt, which is an all-time high, according to Power Development Board Public Relations Officer Saiful Hasan Chowdhury. The previous record was of 8,776MW on June 15. According to the PDB, power generation has doubled in the past seven years since the Awami League government took charge in 2009. The highest generation in... »

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Friday approved a loan of US$165 million for the upgrade and expansion of power distribution system in Bangladesh. The Board of Directors of the multilateral development bank, for the first time, also approved three other loans to finance as many projects. Three of the four projects are co-financing operations with multilateral development bank (MDB) partners. The three other approved loans are a $216.5... »

The government plans to save 10,000 MW of electricity by ensuring efficiency both in use and power generation. Adviser to the Prime Minister for Power and Energy Dr. Toufiq-e-elahi Choudhury told, “We have a plan to ensure efficiency in the whole power sector. Use of electricity, transmission and distribution will be efficient so that we can save huge amount of electricity.” He said, “By increasing efficiency we can save some... »

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) tuesday approved a power project of Taka 1278.20 crore to meet the electricity demand of the country’s South-Western region. The approval came at the meeting of the ECNEC held in the NEC conference room in city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister and ECNEC Chairperson Sheikh Hasina in the chair. Planning Minister A H M Mustafa Kamal, after the meeting, briefed newsmen... »

Environmentalists once again urged the government to cancel the Rampal power plant project, saying it would pose an environmental threat to the Sundarban. The environmentalists who include former caretaker government adviser, Sultana Kamal on Sunday called upon the government to refrain from implementing coal-based Rampal thermal power plant to save the Sundarban from destruction. “Don’t call us anti-development forces, we fought for the country and struggling for make the country... »

Employees of different state-owned power companies are going to get a considerable hike in their salaries The salary is about to be incremented up to 75 percent on an average. As per the decision, the employees will be entitled to the new pay structure from January 1, 2016. As per the new pay structure, the highest salary will be Tk 1.75 lakh and the lowest will be Tk. 14 thousand. Again the wage will be incremented... »

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 8,776 MW at evening on Wednesday. Bangladesh’s capability to generate power has increased threefold to 11,000 MW in the seven years of the Awami League’s two consecutive terms. Power generation has also nearly doubled. On Sep 19, 2008, the highest power generation was around... »

The 1320-megawatt thermal power plant project at Rampal, adjacent to the Sundarbans, is yet to get environmental clearance certificate from the Department of Environment (DoE). “The DoE is yet to provide any environmental clearance for the 1320MW coal-based Rampal thermal power plant in Khulna,” Environment and Forest Minister Anwar Hossain Manju told Parliament on Thursday. The minister was replying to a starred question from Jatiya Party MP AKM Mayeedul Islam... »

Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (Desco), which commands the power distribution system in north-west and eastern parts of Dhaka city, yesterday signed a contract with a South Korean company to set up five 132/33/11 kV grid substations to improve its system. As per the deal, Korean contractor Hyosung Corporation will supply and install all the substations on turnkey basis at Uttara, Aftabnagar, Purbachal, Bashundhara, and Gulshan-Banani. “Once the substations come... »