• NEA : 9828 MWh
  • Subsidiary Company : 5792 MWh
  • Private Sector : 11742 MWh
  • Import : 5531 MWh
  • Tripping : 0 MWh
  • Energy Demand : 32893 MWh
  • NEA : 00 MW
  • Subsidiary Company : 00 MW
  • Private Sector : 00 MW
  • Import : 00 MW
  • Tripping : 00 MW
  • Peak Demand : 1557 MW
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Corruption Involving Three Power Plant: TIB Study

  • 18 May, 2022

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), in a research study has allegedly found substantive corruption involving three power plants—two coal fired and one LNG-based—in the country. According to the TIB study presented on Wednesday, the corruption involved at least Tk 390.49 crore...

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Questions over Russia-funded nuclear power plant in Bangladesh

  • 10 April, 2022

Russia's invasion of Ukraine could delay the completion of Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant. With a planned capacity of 2,400 megawatts – around twice the generating capacity of the Payra coal power project – any delays to the Rooppur nuclear plant, sc...

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India’s place in the new hydrogen world order

  • 13 March, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has rattled energy markets worldwide. With the climate crisis already increasing the urgency of weaning the global economy off carbon, soaring oil and gas prices driven by the war hammer home the message that fossil fuels are a risky business. India is betting on s...

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Decision-makers in Arunachal Pradesh need to take EIAs seriously

  • 6 February, 2022

On 2 December 2021, the Parliament of India passed the Dam Safety Bill, 2019. This is cause for cautious hope. The bill legally mandates the need for the “surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all large dams” across the country to make them safer and avoid dam-relat...

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India’s Union Budget: What’s in it for the energy transition?

  • 4 February, 2022

The launch of India’s Union Budget, when the finance minister takes the stage carrying her iconic red bag containing the government’s plan for the year, is not just a must-watch for those working in finance. It lays out the country’s priorities for the year ahead in all sector...

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Lack of data on dam activity mars Mekong governance efforts

  • 3 February, 2022

Last year, more data was shared about the Mekong than ever before. Yet despite the increased openness enabled by the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) mechanism, the Mekong River Commission (MRC), and various NGOs, the wet season was still marred by low rainfall levels and controversy over...

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Fears of ‘devastation’ from largest dam on Yamuna River in India

  • 26 January, 2022

The Vyasi Hydroelectric Project will soon start to generate electricity in Uttarakhand in northern India. This 120-megawatt station is part of the 420 MW Lakhwar-Vyasi project, the biggest hydroelectric dam complex on the Yamuna River. Work on the next phase, the 300 MW Lakhwar project 5 k...

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Unrest underlines need to reform Kazakhstan’s energy sector

  • 12 January, 2022

On January 2, 2022, massive protests erupted throughout Kazakhstan, initially over the price of liquefied petroleum gas. The government had abruptly stopped subsidies, dramatically increasing the price for consumers. These protests, triggered by issue in Kazakhstan’s energy sector, have r...

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Best of 2021: China’s coal exit will not end Pakistan’s reliance on dirty fuel

  • 9 January, 2022

Just a few weeks ahead of COP26, China, the world’s biggest public financier of coal, announced that it will end investments in overseas coal projects. It raised hope in countries that want to make low-carbon energy plans and panic among those who feel they cannot do without coa...

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Best of 2021: What are the impacts of dams on the Mekong river?

  • 30 December, 2021

China completed its first mainstream hydropower dam on the Mekong, the Manwan dam in Yunnan province, in 1995, and has since planned and built 10 more. Eleven hydropower dams are in various stages of planning and construction in Laos and Cambodia on the mainstream of the Mekong river, alon...

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