Energy Bangla

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Thursday announced her government’s mega plan to generate 60000MW electricity by 2041. The prime minister said this while inaugurating and laying foundation of 51 projects of various ministries in ten districts through video conference with local representatives and officials from her Gonobhaban residence here thursday. As a part of the plan, govt currently generating 14500MW power, it will be 16000MW in 2016, 24000MW in 2021, 40000MW... »

A state-run Indian firm is poised to seal a contract to build a $1.6 billion power plant in Bangladesh, beating out a Chinese competitor in the latest commercial tussle between the region’s two dominant powers. After China’s recent success in pushing development projects in Sri Lanka, a breakthrough in Bangladesh would be welcome news for Indian officials who have long fretted over Beijing’s encroachment on territory it considers its own... »

State-run Power Development Board on Tuesday signed two power purchase agreements with two private joint ventures led by S Alam, a local firm, to buy electricity from two power plants for 25 years. The power board and the state-run Power Grid Company of Bangladesh also signed project implementation agreements with the JV company, 27 months after awarding it with the contracts in October, 2013. The power board will buy each... »

ABB is a global leader in power and automation with more than 135000 employees across 100+ countries and having 40BUSD turnover. ABB’s mission is to provide clean and sustainable solutions in energy usage and with that goal ABB is driving technology advancements, product developments and service life extensions, all with the ulterior goal to achieve more output from lesser energy usage and thereby reducing carbon footprint, in its own way... »

Bangladesh Power Development Boar (BPDB) signed 333 Million USD financial agreement tuesday with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) bank at Bidyut Bhaban. According to the agreement HSBC will arrange the amount to implement the project titled “Re-Powering Project of Ghorashal 3rd Unit”. BPDB have to repay the amount within 10 year. Md. Zahurul Huque, Secretary of BPDB, and Mr. Arnaud Cachard, Regional Head of Export Finance Asia Pacific,... »

The power ministers of NE states have unanimously urged the Centre to set up an alternative transmission line between Tripura and West Bengal via Bangladesh to strengthen inter-regional transmission network. Tripura power minister Manik Dey told the media on Sunday that members of the northeast regional power committee (NERPC) who held a meeting in Guwahati on Saturday, has written to the ministry for an alternative transmission network for the region.... »

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has declared a war on corruption in the power sector at a function recently. “If 10 per cent of corruption can be cut from the current level, the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) will be able to save a lot. On the other hand, the BREB can save Tk 6.0 billion (600 crore) by cutting the  systems loss,” said the... »

Walton Group, a Bangladesh-based multinational electronics, appliances and automotive manufacturer, has selected Clarke Energy to supply three of GE’s (NYSE: GE) new high efficiency 616 diesel engines to generate more reliable on-site power at Walton Group’s factory in Gazipur District. The three 2.5 megawatt (MW) engines are the first 616 diesel engines to be deployed in Bangladesh. Clarke Energy is GE’s authorised multi-gas and diesel engine distributor in Bangladesh. The... »

Muhammed Aziz Khan, Chairman of Summit Group on Sunday said that his company is going to invest $3 billion dollars in the country’s power sector in the next few years. He was speaking at a session at the ongoing Bangladesh Investment and Policy Summit, organized by the Board of Investment (BoI) at a city hotel, which will run for two days. The session titled “Business Session: Investment Opportunities in Economic... »

An Indian private company has requested the government of Bangladesh to relax the bidding qualifications of contractors for awarding engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contract for the proposed solar power plant at   Sirajganj. For awarding the EPC contract for the 7.6MW solar power plant, state run North-West Power Generation Company invited bids from international contractors having at least 10 years’ experience in general construction and five years’ in solar EPC.... »