Power & Energy

Golam Mostafa Jibon: The wholesale price of electricity is going to increase in the month of October. Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is bringing this announcement to increase the price after estimating the annual subsidy amount of the government in this sector.The new rates will be effective from October. However,…

Staff Correspondent: Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company (BAPEX) hopes to get seven million cubic feet gas from an abandoned well of Biyanibazar gas field in Sylhet, as it started re-digging yesterday.“We expect to get five to seven million cubic feet of gas per day from this Well No 1,”…

Staff Correspondent: The power supply has been restored to large parts of the Rajshahi, Khulna and Barishal divisions after an issue with a major transmission line led to a widespread outage that lasted from 40 minutes to 1.5 hours in some areas.The transmission line tripped at 9:04 am yesterday, said…

Ceramic export under threat Mahfuja Mukul: Most of the export sectors have been seriously affected production shortage due to gas and electricity shortage. As a result, not only the production but also the exports have been declining day by day including the ceramic, textile, readymade garments, jute and leather products…

Staff Correspondent: A Chinese-Bangladeshi consortium will sign an agreement on Sunday with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up a 55MW wind power plant on build-own-operate basis at Mongla in Bagerhat.As per the proposed deal, state-owned BPDB will purchase electricity from the independent power producer (IPP) plant for over…

Unit-1 Staff Correspondent: The unit-1 of the 2x660MWMaitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal will go into commercial run in October, raising further the country’s electricity generation capacity, as all necessary steps, including successful synchronization with the national grid, have already been completed.In a major step in further strengthening India-Bangladesh…

PDB sinking under burden of subsidies, losses Golam Mostafa Jibon: The power generation capacity of the country has increased with the blessing of rental power plants, but the Power Development Board (PDB) incurred huge losses for purchasing electricity from rental, quick rental and IPP (Independent Power Producers). By buying electricity…

Rooppur NPP unit-2 Staff Correspondent: Concreting of the inner containment dome of the reactor building has started at the unit- 2 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power plant. The work is being carried out by the TrestRosSEM, a branch of Rosatom Engineering Division.The inner containment is one of the key elements…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will continue to work with the government to enhance the capacity of Bangladesh power and energy sector.“JICA wants to continue to work for enhancing the capacity of Bangladesh power and energy sector and developing the combined Maheshkhali-Matarbari energy transition infrastructure,” said JICA Executive…

Staff Correspondent: The government has signed a contract with a private company to set up a 3 MW hybrid power plant–a combination of solar, battery and diesel-run generator–at southern Monpura Island in the Bay of Bengal.As per the contract signed yesterday, Western Monpura Solar Power Limited (WMSPL) will set up…