The state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has chalked out plans to build the country’s first naphtha-based power plant in Chittagong, but has not ensured its primary fuel sources. According to the BPDB, a tender has been floated to build a naphtha-based power project. It will require around 250 metric tonnes of naphtha every day ... Read more
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Power fund unutilised as PDB fails to draft guideline
The state-run Power Development Board, even six months after it was asked to do so, has still not drafted any guidelines on how the new Power Maintenance and Development Fund should be used for increasing power generation in the old plants. On February 8 this year, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission asked the PDB to ... Read more
Govt allows phased new power connection until December
Power utilities would provide new connections in phases until December to the applicants who pay all the dues by June, a senior power division official said on Sunday. But he said that those who applied for connections of two kilowatts or more would have to install solar panels. Officials said that 8,30,000 applicants have been ... Read more
Power cuts continue despite 1,900MW of new electricity
Load shedding continues unabated as the country’s power generation still remained far behind the demand amidst sweltering summer heat although the government claimed that nearly 1900 megawatt of new power was added to the national grid. People are reeling under frequent power outages even at mid-night while the industrial
Power cuts begin as summer closes in
Power outage started taking place, straining people’s life at just before the advent of summer. According to Power Development Board statistics, the gap estimated between power generation and the supply is now 1,250MW but direct contacts by New Age with power distribution agencies suggest that it already exceeded 2,000MW