Amid the summer's sweltering heat, the week's first working day started with 966 MW of load shedding.

Grameenphone, a leading mobile phone operator of the country, seeks policy support to realise its goal to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 through using renewable energy in line with its parent company, Telenor.

State-owned oil, gas and minerals corporation Petrobangla seeks to complete the drilling of a total of 48 wells at different gas fields hoping to add 618 mmcfd to the national grid by 2025.

Seven countries generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy

Seven of these 125 projects with their storage facilities to supply electricity during sunless peak hours The Power Division is gearing up implementation of 125 green energy projects as it pursues a goal to meet 10% of the country's power needs from renewables by 2025.

April 17 (Reuters) – Oil prices extended losses on Wednesday as worries about global demand due to weak economic momentum in China and a likely rise in U.S. commercial stockpiles outweighed supply fears from heightened tensions in the Middle East.

Despite the resumption of the Summit Group's Floating Storage and Regasification Unit, one of the country's two LNG terminals, overall gas supply failed to improve.

After floating bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, Petrobangla now plans to invite international bidding for onshore hydrocarbon exploration.

The Thai envoy expressed her country's interest in investing in deep-sea oil and gas exploration and also supplying LNG. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Dhaka and Bangkok to increase energy cooperation is at an advanced stage.

Earlier, Petrobangla, the oil, gas and mineral corporation, floated the offshore bidding on 10 March this year inviting international oil and gas companies to explore Bangladesh's maritime area in the Bay of Bengal. After floating bids for offshore oil and gas exploration, Petrobangla now plans to invite international bidding for onshore hydrocarbon exploration.

According to official sources, the solar power plants are 100 MW power plant at Banshkhali in Chattogram, 300 MW at Islampur in Jamalpur and 100 MW at Sadar Upazila in Rajbari district.

Despite assurances that there would be uninterrupted electricity supply during Ramadan, the government's summer plan seems to have fallen flat on its face. Recent news reports have shown that rural areas—including in Mymensingh, Cumilla, Rangpur, Bogura, Khulna, Sylhet, and Rajshahi—are experiencing six to eight hours of load-shedding a day. With April giving us an early taste of how hot the weather will be during the next few months, the prospect of prolonged power outages amid sweltering heat is daunting. The high demand for power during summer months is predictable, so it should have been reflected in the government's preparations.

Despite weekly holiday, Saturday starts with 1,636 MW of load shedding
Despite lower electricity demand on the weekly holiday on Saturday than any working day, the day started with load shedding of 1,636 MW to serve a demand of 14,100 MW.

Speakers at a webinar today (14 March 2024) echoed the ever-increasing importance of rooftop solar expansion in Bangladesh

For the past few days, even half of the electricity demand in Sylhet’s urban areas is not being met. As a result, the city dwellers have to brave through hours of blackouts amid a coming excessive heat set for tomorrow, according to weather.com.