Energy Bangla

The government has taken a decision to raise funds by entering into the Capital Market to install new power plants. The decision will get finalized within the following one month. The fund will be raised by the state-run Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL). The decision was taken on Wednesday during a meeting of Power Sector held at Bidyut Bhaban in the capital. Initially government has a target to raise... »

Projects like dredging the Pasur River to carry coal to the coal-fired power plant of Rampal and expansion of electrification in Sylhet division got approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). Electricity will be offered to the villages of Sylhet division and a 13 Km channel of Pasur River will be dredged for the smooth carriage of coal as per to the ECNEC meeting. The projects were approved by the... »

Confusion was created in an effort to generate tension over the Banshkhali power plant in Chittagong that spilled over into clashes last month. The violence left four people dead, says a government probe report. The three-member committee, headed by Additional District Magistrate Mominur Rashid, submitted its five-page report to Chittagong Deputy Commissioner Mesbah Uddin on Monday. Quoting the report, the deputy commissioner told bdnews24.com, “Locals were not aware of the... »

Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB or REB) has counted its consumer crossing 1.5 crores. Earlier REB launched a program of introducing at least 1 lac new electricity connections each month and they are successful. In fact, in the last April of this year, REB instantiated 2 lac 61 thousand and 58 new connections throughout the country and thus REB crossed the 1.5 crore landmark. According to REB, currently, Palli Biddyut... »

500 MW of more electricity is likely to be added to the country’s power sector by this June. Thus, the country’s capacity of power generation will raise up to 15000 MW at least. “The country would get 500 MW power by this June and the generation capacity would reach to over 15,000MW,” State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told on Saturday. He further said that the... »

The Power Development Board (PDB) has taken up a mega project at a cost of around TK 1100 crore in order to bring a radical change in power distribution system in greater Chittagong. The project includes construction of 1,150-kilometre-long transmission line, facelift of old lines, installation of 14 new substations and enhancement of power generation capacity of eight substations. Besides, the coastal island Sandwip, which remains out of the reach... »

The government is looking forward to sign a $220 million credit assistance agreement with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) by June for 400 MW Ashuganj (East) power plant efficiency improvement project in Bangladesh. “Hopefully, we’ll be able to sign the credit agreement for the 400MW Ashuganj (East) power plant efficiency improvement project in the country by this June. It could be either signed in Dhaka or in Jeddah,” said an... »

The government of Bangladesh has granted in-principle approval for the first phase of Reliance Power’s project in Bangladesh. The first phase of 750 MW power plant will be set up at Meghnaghat (Narayanganj district), around 40 km South-East of Dhaka, along with the FSRU terminal at Maheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. Land at Meghnaghat will be provided by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). FSRU-based LNG terminal will... »

Receipt of financial transactions via computer and customer complaint receiving procedure is to be started by Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (REB). The concerns opinion is that this will bring transparency and trustworthiness in the system and provide Improved quality of customer service and reduce harassment in getting better and prompt service. On Saturday this program was launched at the regional office under Narsingdi PBS-1 in Ghorashal. PBS is to start... »

In a desperate attempt to save electricity, drought-stricken Venezuela has introduced a new concept to the workplace calendar: the five-day weekend. President Nicolás Maduro has decided to furlough the country’s public employees — who account for a third of the labor force — for the bulk of the week, so they can sit through rolling blackouts at home rather than in the office. “The public sector will work Monday and... »