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Due to a myriad of reasons, the energy being bought from renewable power projects in Bangladesh costs several times higher than the global prices. Depreciation of the national currency and dearth of foreign exchange and primary energy sources have got the government in a bind. Because of the inability to pay for fuel imports, the authorities have given the green signal to the renewable energy sector to install power plants. Indeed, going by reports published in the media, a number of projects have been approved and more are on the way. The three solar power contracts awarded in September will sell power at Tk10 per unit. Although in neighbouring India, it costs nearly half that amount.

A fresh batch of nuclear fuel reached the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant this morning.

Bangladesh marked a historic milestone on Thursday after officially receiving the inaugural shipment of uranium from Russia to feed the country’s first nuclear power plant in Pabna’s Rooppur, solidifying its status as the 33rd nuclear energy nation globally.

Russia is financing 90 percent of $12.65bn project to build Bangladesh’s first nuclear power plant in Rooppur.

The $12.65 billion plant was built with Russian backing and makes Bangladesh the 33rd country in the world to produce nuclear power

Lawmaker Waseqa Ayesha Khan, also the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry,

Female employment in the country's energy sector is significantly lower than the global scenario, according to a study.

ISHWARDI, Pabna, Oct 4, 2023 (BSS) - Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant will contribute two percent to the country's GDP (Gross Domestic Product), Science and Technology Minister Yafesh Osman said.

DHAKA, Oct 4, 2023 (BSS) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today hoped that the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) will play an important role in building a Smart Bangladesh alongside making economic growth of the country.

Sustainable and environment-friendly practices adopted by a section of Bangladesh's garment and textile manufacturers are mainly a marketing strategy driven by self-motivation, according to a new study of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).

THE draft of a national power and energy plan, ‘Integrated energy and power master plan’, as it stands now, might aggravate an already bad situation in the energy sector. The London-based BloombergNEF

1) EGCB wants to complete the construction of the plant next year.
2) Commercial production of the first plant is likely to start from October.

A commercial vessel, MV Luna Rosa, has anchored at Mongla Port with coal for Rampal Thermal Power Plant.

Bangladesh’s heavy reliance on fossil-fuel thermal power plants has reduced the country's energy security while draining its foreign currency reserves and increasing local pollution, said a new report published by Bloomberg NEF.

Fossil-fuel plants would jeopardize energy security, affordability
Cost of electricity generation