Use of oil-based plants to keep power cost high
With the power demand rising amid heatwaves, the energy mix included more oil to boost electricity generation, leading the interim government away from its plan to reduce energy spending...
Tags : Electricity
Cold storage owners demand reduction in interest rates
The Bangladesh Cold Storage Association (BCSA) has demanded a reduction in bank loan interest rates and electricity bills aiming to lower potato storage rent...
Utility disconnection drive faces resistance in Mirpur
Slum dwellers in Mirpur 12 resisted a drive to disconnect illegal utility connections, including gas, electricity, and water, Tuesday morning...
Matarbari plant to generate 1200MW from Friday
Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal Fired Power Plant will go for 1200MW electricity generation from Friday, as coal is imported for power generation.
Energy indemnity law repealed
The government has promulgated an ordinance repealing the controversial energy law called 鈥楺uick enhancement of electricity and energy supply act, 2010鈥�.
Transmission loss keeps rising
Transmission loss increased for the second consecutive year in the past financial year with a forecast suggesting further increase over next several years due to mismatched expansions in power and industrial sectors in Bangladesh...
17 power plants in Bangladesh spend Tk聽1,500cr producing no electricity
Seventeen state-owned power plants that generated no electricity at all during the past fiscal year spent over Tk 1,549 crore and also consumed 56.78 lakh units of electricity from the national grid.
Bhutan, India鈥檚 Reliance team up to build renewable electricity plant
Bhutan has signed a deal with India's Reliance Group to build 1,270 megawatts' worth of renewable electricity projects in the Himalayan nation as it seeks to become an energy-exporting powerhouse.
Adani to suspend electricity supply unless Bangladesh pays dues by Nov 7
Bangladesh expressed its surprise and shock after the Indian media on Sunday reported that Adani gave a fresh deadline to get a roadmap on the payment of its dues by November 7 or face...
BERC to fix gas, electricity prices through public hearings
Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission will fix the prices of gas and electricity through public hearings, not by any executive order, said energy adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan...
Bangladesh can generate 5 per cent electricity by 2030: report
Bangladesh can generate maximum 5 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy by 2030 given the pace the country is adopting the technology, said a report released by the Paris-based International Energy Agency on Wednesday...
BTMA for enhanced gas supply, security
The country鈥檚 textile manufacturers on Wednesday called for an uninterrupted supply of both gas and electricity, along with enhanced security measures to ensure the sector鈥檚 survival...
Govt must do away with burden of power overcapacity
THE rental and quick rental power plants that have reared the ugly head since 2009 riding an indemnity law that the now deposed Awami League enacted to plunder the power and energy sector have now run to a constraining pass, warranting an immediate government action. While the law 鈥� the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply Act 2010...
Indemnity law repeal comes first in power, energy sector reforms
A MAJOR way to reform the power and energy sector, which has plunged the economy into a serious crisis for the 15 years of the authoritarian regime of the Awami League, toppled on August 5, is to repeal the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply Act 2010 that has all along safeguarded actors and their action in the sector by keeping...
Bangladesh鈥檚 power crisis deepens as Adani stops supply
Bangladesh鈥檚 power crisis further worsened as the power supply from the 1,600MW Adani power plant in Godda dropped to zero following the shutdown of...
Govt subsidy for electricity in current financial year聽Tk 32,000cr
State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid told Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday that Tk 31,833 crore was paid as subsidy in the...
Govt land in Dhaka div can generate over 20,000MW聽
Bangladesh can generate 20,555 megawatts of electricity by 2050 using a very small portion of available khas land in the Dhaka division alone, according to a joint study released on Wednesday by the Coastal Livelihood and Environmental Action Network and the Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association...
HC orders probe into complaints against prepaid electricity meters聽
The High Court on Wednesday asked the government to conduct an impartial investigation into customers鈥� complaints against prepaid electricity meters that were allegedly charging extra and hidden bills...
Power supply to 97pc cyclone-hit consumers restored
Power supply to 97 per cent consumers of the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board was restored while it was cent per cent for consumers of West Zone Power Distribution Company Ltd till 12:00 noon on Thursday.....
Power crisis soars amid scorching temp
The power shortage doubled to almost 1,000MW on Sunday, compared with the day before, as electricity demand surged amid an unrelenting heatwave sweeping over most of Bangladesh...
Sylhet power plant catches fire
Power supply to many parts of Sylhet city and its adjoining areas remained suspended as a power plant in the city caught fire on Monday morning...