Power generation from the second unit was to start in December this year. But it has been postponed till 2025. That means the production of both the units has been postponed. Rooppur Atomic Power Plant officials said fueling into the reactor will begin next December and will continue for a few days. The trial of…
Opposition Chief Whip of Parliament Mujibul Haq said that people in rural areas have to face load shedding for 8 to 12 hours a day. “The government says our generation capacity has reached 28,000 MW, if yes then where has the power gone?” Mujibul Haq said while speaking in the Parliament session on Sunday. He…
Energy expert M Shamsul Alam said the actual amount of load shedding is much higher. Evidence of additional load shedding has also been found in the records of power distribution agencies delivering electricity to customers. The largest power distribution company, Rural Electrification Board (REB), carried out load shedding of 3,483 MW this Monday alone. Against…
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At present the power generation capacity in the country is 26,000 MW, but power generation reaches 13,000-15,000 MW in summer and 8,000-9,000 MW in winter. To date, the highest electricity, 15,648 MW, was generated on 19 April 2023. Gas contributes 42 per cent of the total power generation capacity, furnace oil 24 per cent and…
The seminar was addressed by Tanveer Shakeel Joy, MP, Member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Mohammad Hussain, Director General of Power Cell, Power Division, Dr M Tamim, Professor and Dean of Chemical and Materials Engineering. Former Special Assistant to the Faculty, BUET and Chief Advisor; Mohammad…
Banks are not able to provide dollars to repay the dues of foreign companies in the power and energy sector. Bangladesh had reserves of more than 48 billion US dollars, which has reduced to 25 billion US dollars. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) formula, the reserves are US$20 billion. Experts blame dependence on…
Due to high demand for electricity during summer, the problem of load shedding increases. Load shedding is also relatively low due to low demand during winter. But the common consumer never gets uninterrupted power supply. However, the case of VIP customers is different. Apart from the energy crisis, the biggest problems of the power sector…
Also, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi is also scheduled to attend the event. However, it has been learned that he can also attend the event virtually. Science and Technology Minister Yefesh Osman and Director General of Russian state-run nuclear energy company Rosatom Alexei Likhachev are likely to be present in Rooppur.…
Over 1 trillion taka has been paid to power plants as capacity fee in 14 years during the three terms of the current government, with private power plants receiving a major share. Minister of State for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid revealed details on capacity charges in Parliament on Tuesday. According to data…
Minister of State Nasrul Hamid also highlighted a list of terms and conditions from the agreements signed between the government and private power plants receiving capacity charges. These include ensuring 90 per cent availability annually, otherwise capacity charges will be deducted; Running annual reliability tests, and maintaining risk insurance during power plant operations. Whether in…
The required quantity of electricity cannot be produced and supplied as a result of which a large part of the country is regularly out of Dhaka. Since the Bangladesh Power Development Board is unable to clear the dues of most of the power plants, they (power plants) cannot buy enough fuel due to paucity of…
The 5th meeting of the Bangladesh-Nepal Joint Steering Committee on enhancing cooperation in the power sector was held at the administrative building of the Payra 1,320 MW power plant in Patuakhali district on Tuesday, news agency BSS reported. Bangladesh Power Division Secretary Mohammad Habibur Rahman and Nepalese Power, Water Resources and Irrigation Secretary Dinesh Kumar…
Millions of Bangladeshi citizens have been affected by frequent power cuts in recent months, as erratic weather patterns and high global energy prices have made fuel supplies to power plants unreliable. The outage has angered residents, leading to protests across the country in recent months. “We are facing power cuts every other hour and there…
LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) supplies have partially resumed in the country after three days of stoppage, resulting in an increase in the overall gas supply. Gas supply resumed in Chattogram as well but several CNG filling stations failed to supply gas to vehicles on Monday. Industry and the power sector are also grappling with gas…