Power & Energy

BSS Report: Road building experts expect to drastically minimize time and cost in constructing durable roads and highways across Bangladesh with introduction of a new technology, opening up a new horizon for the country’s fast growing communication sector.“We can build 100 kilometer road in one month using this nanotech product…

Golam Mostafa Jibon: The demand for charger fans has gone up suddenly with the rising of power outage across the country.Recently, there are reports of increasing ‘unbearable load shedding’ across the country including the capital Dhaka. According to the news published in various media, many parts of the country are…

Golam Mostafa Jibon: Low-quality of electric cables or wires and different other equipments have turned into death trap. But, there is no headache of the authorities concerned.Fire accidents happen every day somewhere in the country including the capital. In addition to the huge loss of life, the amount of economic…

Mahfuja Mukul: At present, the power generation capacity in the country is about 24 thousand megawatts. Of this, the production capacity using renewable sources is about three percent. The cost of power generation is increasing globally. Some are even afraid of doubling. The government is increasing the importance of using…

Rooppur Nuke power plant Staff Correspondent: Hydraulic testing of half bodies of Passive Core Flooding System (PCFS) Hydro-accumulators begins at Petrozavodsk Branch of AEM-Technologies, Russia.These are intended for Power Unit – 2 of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Eight PCFS Hydro-accumulators will be installed in each unit.According to Rosatom, the Russian…

Staff Correspondent: Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said that 87 percent of work of the under-constructed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel at the bottom of Karnaphuli River has been completed. The rest of the work has to be completed quickly.He said this…

Industry Desk: A loan agreement was signed yesterday between thegovernment of Bangladesh and the World Bank (WB) under which the lending agency will provide $500 million to modernise the rural electricity distribution system under Dhaka and Mymensingh regions.Economic Relations Division (ERD) Secretary Fatima Yasmin and World Bank Acting Country Director…

Staff Correspondent: The government has decided to use Bangabandhu Satellite-1 to reestablish emergency telecommunication services in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Natrekona and other flood-hit districts of the country’s northern region.Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) is providing all necessary equipment to the rescuers to ensure uninterrupted internet and other telecommunication facilities in remote…

Diplomatic Correspondent: Team European Initiative, a joint collaboration of the states under European Union, like-minded European countries and financial institutions, launched its Green Energy Transition (GET) programme in Bangladesh yesterday.With a commitment of more than € 930 million investment, the GET initiative aims in Bangladesh to build a power system…

Staff Correspondent: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has announced in Parliament the plan to generate 60,000 MW of electricity by 2041. He said the government has taken this plan to increase the power generation capacity considering the development of the power sector and the growing…