Power & Energy

Mahfuja Mukul: Average cost of power generation increased by more than 29 percent in FY 2022-23. High-capacity charges to the private sector for installing power plants, increase in fuel prices (gas, coal and oil) and increase in dollar exchange rate are among the reasons. However, at this time nominal power…

Mahfuz Emran: Bangladesh has been importing 1,160 MW of electricity from India for several years. 710 MW is imported from three centers of state-owned NTPC and 450 MW from two private centers. With this, Adani’s electricity import has been added since March of the last financial year. However, this electricity…

Zakir Mahmud Salim, Patuakhali: Bangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL) is operating a coal-based power plant with a capacity of 1,320 MW at Payra in Patuakhali. The company is now constructing another coal-fired power plant of similar capacity at Payara. Chinese company Norinco and state-owned Rural Power Company Limited (RPCL) are…

Staff Correspondent: Internet connection is playing a key role in the formation of digital Bangladesh through the use of information technology in various sectors of the country. Through this, it has become possible to integrate even remote rural areas and cities of the country as per the need. As a…

Shipment cancelled for dollar crisis Staff Correspondent: The dollar crisis is not ending in the energy sector. Even after repeated letters and meetings with the Finance Department, Bangladesh Bank, etc., the problem is not resolved. With the intervention of the higher levels of the government, discounting of the dollar has…

Inefficiency & high-capacity charges Zarif Mahmud: Since the beginning of 2009, the government emphasized the establishment of power plants in the private sector to deal with the deficit. Rental-quick rental is followed by several large-scale power plants. In this, the power generation capacity in the private sector is more than…

Staff Correspondent: Import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) into the country started in April 2018. Until then one of the profitable government companies was Petrobangla. The company reported its first loss in the fiscal year 2018-19 after starting LNG imports. Since then, Petrobangla has not been able to make a…

Current unit production cost Tk 56 Mahfuja Mukul: Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has two wind farms at Sonagazi in Feni and Kutubdia in Cox’s Bazar. Their capacity is 900 kilowatts and one megawatt respectively. Another wind power plant of 2 MW has been constructed along the banks of Jamuna,…