Energy

The Bangladesh Sustainable and Renewable Energy Association (BSREA), an organisation representing solar power plant owners, has demanded a guaranteed tenure of at least 20 years for investors before any Merchant […]

India has sought to impose a new charge on electricity supplied to Bangladesh, proposing a Settlement Nodal Agency (SNA) charge of 0.005 Indian rupees per unit. The proposed charge would […]

A UK power plant was shut down for four days following a cyberattack linked to Iranian hackers, according to British newspaper The Telegraph. The attack reportedly took place in July. […]

Privatising electricity distribution could increase consumers’ electricity costs by around 20 percent, Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Energy Adviser Prof. M Shamsul Alam has warned. He made the remarks while […]

Excelerate Energy’s floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), or LNG terminal, in Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, resumed gas supply on Saturday after remaining shut for three days. The terminal began regasification […]

Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has said Bangladesh’s electricity and gas shortages cannot be resolved overnight, stressing that the government inherited the crisis and is using all available resources […]

Residents of Shimrail village in Ishwarganj municipality of Mymensingh have attacked and vandalised the office of a residential engineer of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB), protesting a week-long power […]

Bangladesh is facing a growing mismatch between its electricity generation capacity and the fuel needed to operate it, with more than 6,300MW of gas-fired generation capacity currently sitting idle or […]

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today recommended establishing blended green financing facilities offering concessional loans at 5-7 percent to accelerate rooftop solar adoption in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) sector […]

Bangladesh currently has fuel reserves sufficient to meet domestic demand for about one and a half months, while the government plans to raise the reserve capacity to three months in […]