Bangladesh is unlikely to get any additional liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar before 2025 as the gulf country has recently turned down a request in this regard. According to official sources in Dhaka, Qatar straight away rejected a plea to increase its supply of LNG right at this moment when
Author: Sadrul Hasan, UNB
Govt working to revise renewable energy policy
The government is working to revise the ‘Renewable Energy Policy of Bangladesh 2008’ to make it more effective in the changed energy and power sector scenario. Official sources said, Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda), the focal organization under Power Division of the government, has already appointed a consultant. The consultant
Capacity charges adding fuel to the fire
Private power plants urge govt to pay $1.5b in arrear
Despite an improvement in payment the government still owes $1.5 billion to the private power plant operators for purchase of electricity, according to official sources. The sources confirmed this week that the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the single buyer on behalf of the government, partially cleared the payment until
PM’s directive goes unheeded for 7 yrs
Petrobangla to scrap compensation clause in future gas pacts
After failing to enhance local gas production, state-owned Petrobangla has now initiated a move to modify the current structure of the gas supply agreement (GSA) with future power plants in Bangladesh. UNB has learnt that a draft of the revised GSA was recently sent to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)
Pre-Paid Meter: Only 10pc electricity clients covered so far
The work on installing pre-paid electricity meters nationwide is going on at a snail's pace with only about 10 per cent of the country's consumers covered in over a decade. So far only 46,77,658 consumers have received prepaid meters against a total countrywide consumers of 4,15,49,092, which lags far behind the
Big bet on wind energy to curb climate change
Bangladesh aims to significantly expand renewable energy sources in its total energy mix in its relentless pursuit of a net-zero carbon footprint. As one of the key steps in this regard, the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) has set a target of generating 5,000 MW of onshore and offshore
Transmission Infra: The missing link in country’s power play
For an electricity-surplus nation like Bangladesh, Covid as well as inadequate transmission infrastructure seem to be the biggest threat to its resilient power sector and the country's aggressive economic growth targets. This inference can be drawn from the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board's (BPDB) official figures that clearly indicate its consistent
Power outage continues despite surplus capacity
Poor transmission, distribution systems blamed Bangladesh is now capable to produce more electricity than it consumes. Yet the consumers are hit by frequent disruptions in power supply, even in the capital city. According to official data, the country has attained the capacity of generating over 24,000 MW of electricity a day as