Energy Bangla

Government has increased the electricity tariff by 2.97 percent and gas price by 26.29 percent for retail customers. It will be effective from September 1. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission ( BERC)  announced the price hike on Thursday afternoon . According to the announcement , customers will pay Tk 600 and Tk 650 for single and double burners respectively. During 2013 and 2014, the government hiked power prices six times –... »

The Prime Minister’s Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Advisor Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, today asked the projects directors and officials concerned to implement all power projects in time for a smooth electricity supply to its valued users. “All projects related to power will have to be implemented with sincere efforts and timely,” he said while speaking as the chief guest at an inaugural ceremony of a training programme... »

The government is likely to allow an Indian firm to set up a 225MW dual-fuel power plant in Bhola under an unsolicited deal. Indian firm Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Ltd earlier proposed to move its existing power project at Udamsingnagar district under Uttarakhand Pradesh in India to Bhola. A three-member technical team that visited plant in India recently said the plant could be installed here, but the net generation... »

The Cabinet Purchase Committee is set to consider a Singaporean company’s unsolicited proposal to set up a 400 MW dual-fuel combined cycle power plant as an independent power producer (IPP) project, under a joint venture with the North-West Power Generation Company Ltd (NWPGCL). The project would be implemented on the same site in Sirajganj where the government terminated a letter of intent (LoI) issued to an Indian company, Lanco, that... »

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given directives to the authorities concerned to give power connections within three months to the free-enclaves that the government took over recently. She also asked to fulfill the demand by installing solar power system until completion of the power connection works. The Prime Minister gave the directives at the ECNEC meeting held at the NEC conference room in the capital on Tuesday. While briefing journalists... »

The government is planning to set up pre-paid electric metres through the Electricity Development and Maintenance Fund, violating the guideline for the use of the fund. The fund was set up in 2011 to increase low-cost generation capacity of the state-run Power Development Board. PDB, asked by the power and energy ministry, is now preparing to float tenders for procurement of 900,000 units of pre-paid electric metres for its six... »

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Saturday said the people who were in enclaves will be covered by electricity very soon. He said this while speaking at a conference with REB’s General Managers. The organization holds the GM level conference in regular interval due to motivating the official. Rural Electrification Board (REB), a non profitable power service provider organization, held a conference on Saturday in... »

Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has sought to allow resettlement and rehabilitation programmes for the affected people to mobilise fund for implementing the controversial 1320MW Rampal Power Project near the Sundarbans. BPDB fears that mobilisation of ECA loan for the mega power project would not be possible without taking any resettlement and rehabilitation programmes for the displaced population affected by the project. BPDB secretary Md Jahirul Huque last week sent... »

Bangladesh will have to pay additional Tk 57.453 crore to Tk 231.084 crore to India as tariff besides duty fee for importing another 30MW-50MW of electricity to fulfill the shortfall of 500MW power purchase from the neighbouring country. The Power Division has placed a proposal in this regard before the cabinet committee on public affairs for approval. As per the proposal, the division has sought cancellation of previously allowed cabinet... »

Siemens has bagged an order worth Rs 123 crore from Power Grid Company of Bangladesh, the Indian arm of the German engineering major said Thursday. The project entails designing, procurement, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of 230/132kV gas insulated substation at Shyampur and 132/33kV gas insulated substation at Dhamrai. Both sites located in Dhaka. At 13:40 IST, shares of Siemens were trading at 1,478.00 on the Bombay Stock Exchange, up... »