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State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid and ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurate 2.16MW rooftop solar power plant at Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC’s headquarters in Chandra, Gazipur. Bangladesh has achieved the milestone of 100 per cent electrification across the country as the first South Asian nation. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the declaration while she inaugurated the country’s biggest Payra 1320 MW Thermal Power Plant.... »
Half of Ukraine’s 9500MW of renewable energy capacity is threatened with complete or partial destruction because of the Russian war against the country, according to the Ukrainian Association of Renewable Energy (UARE). The Association said 47% of the installed capacity of renewable energy power plants is located in the regions where active hostilities are taking place. In addition, many projects are located in areas adjacent to these areas. The vast... »
Expansion of the nascent renewable-energy sector is stymied by a prohibitive 37-per cent duty and taxes levied on import of solar inverters, stakeholders say, thus hindering the much-hyped green option. The taxes came into effect in the current fiscal year as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) didn’t include the item in a statutory regulatory order for duty/tax-exempted electronic products and equipment. In the past, such taxes were never imposed... »
Renewable energy (RE) comprises of energy from the sun (directly), usually called solar, biomass, wind, tidal, geothermal and hydro. The endowment of these resources will determine how much of each form of renewable energy source can be exploited in a country. For example, Bangladesh does not have geothermal potential and its hydro potential, especially that based on elevation, is small. Tidal is a new form of energy source that is... »
Bangladesh has sought IRENA’s technical and financial support in undertaking the feasibility study and mapping of the renewable energy potentials in Bangladesh. Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen discussed the issue during a meeting with Francesco La Camera, director general of International Renewable Energy Agency at its headquarters in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Momen mentioned offshore wind resource assessment with detailed feasibility study and pilot project on Solar-Wind-Storage Hybrid Power System... »
European Union has expressed its interest in working with Bangladesh on renewable energy, green transition, smart grid and regional cooperation with Nepal and Bhutan by providing grant or loans. This interest was expressed by Charles whiteley, the ambassador of the EU, when he met with state minister for Power Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid at his office in the ministry on Monday. According to a release of the ministry,... »
The expansion of green energy is a must for sustainable development, keeping the environment safe, said Nasrul Hamid MP, state minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, on Monday. “For overall development, emphasis must be given on efficiency and conservation of clean and renewable fuels.” he said while addressing the closing workshop of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Programme (REEEP II), a technical cooperation project and a joint undertaking... »
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said the government is exploring options like rooftop and floating solar power plants as alternatives to land-based ones due to scarcity of land. He said it is not possible to set up land-based large scale solar plants as land is being used for agriculture and other necessary purposes. The state minister made the remarks while presiding over the virtually... »
UNB:A new era will begin in Dhaka city’s garbage management with the implementation of the project, says LGRD minister An agreement was signed on Wednesday between the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Chinese firm China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) to develop the country’s first ever waste-based power plant in Dhaka. The power plant will generate 42.5 MW of electricity from the garbage in... »
BSS:Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said that all the people of the country will be brought under electricity coverage within this year. He hoped that the use of the country’s 40% energy would be ensured from renewable sources by 2041. Hasan, also the Awami League joint general secretary, was speaking at a discussion at Bangladesh pavilion on Tuesday evening on the sidelines of the Conference of Parties... »