Energy Bangla

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.... »

The joint working groups (JWGs) on sub-regional cooperation between Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India (BBIN) has discussed rail pact, hydropower projects and water resource management under BBIN framework. JWGs on sub-regional cooperation decided that an Experts Group would be constituted for exchanging best practices in water resource management and on specifics of the identified projects, power trade, inter-grid connectivity, flood forecasting and other areas of possible cooperation. Noting Bangladesh’s interest... »

Thirteen years after work on it commenced, a state-owned 101 MW combined cycle plant in Tripura has started generating power at peak capacity, beating many an odd along the way. Northeast India’s third biggest gas-based power project at Monarchak, 70 km south of Tripura capital Agartala and just eight km from the Bangladesh border, is run by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO), under the union power ministry. “The... »

India’s Tripura government is to supply 100 megawatt (MW) electricity to Bangladesh from March 26 this year with a price of Taka 6.43 per unit. “We have already fixed the price for per unit power with the Tripura government,” Director General of Power Cell Mohammad Hossain told. He said an agreement regarding import of electricity from India`s eastern province was finalized following fixation of tariff for 100MW power. “We have... »