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World Bank to Back Nuclear Projects Again amid Rising Electricity Needs
The World Bank has decided to end its 2013 moratorium on financing nuclear energy projects amid growing global electricity demand.
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EP_23_02 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 02 July 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
JERA, Woodside Energy Agree on Supply Deal During Winter Months
Japan's biggest power generator, JERA, and Australia's Woodside Energy have signed a deal for Woodside to supply JERA with liquefied natural gas only during the winter months, the companies said recently.
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EP_23_02 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 02 July 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Eni Confirms Involvement in FLNG Aspects of Argentina LNG Project
Eni and Argentina's state-owned YPF have signed an agreement for the Argentina LNG project, following a memorandum of understanding signed on April 14.
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EP_23_02 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 02 July 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
LET'S FOCUS ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
The interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, has recently launched a renewed push to generate more clean and green energy. In the last part of June, he presided over a meeting of the National Rooftop Solar Program, where he directed the authorities to go big for accelerating the initiative. He called for installing solar panels on the rooftops of government buildings, schools, educational institutions, and hospitals. The urgent move is also aimed at reducing reliance on costly fuel imports and saving much-needed foreign exchange.
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EP_23_02 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 02 July 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Renewable Reckoning
Despite impressive strides in boosting power generation, Bangladesh has fallen behind in its transition to clean energy. Fossil fuels still dominate, making up 98% of electricity output, while renewables barely register. The new Renewable Energy Policy 2025 sets ambitious goals, 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2040, but familiar problems persist: weak institutions, patchy policies, shaken investor confidence, and sluggish follow-through. The sudden cancellation of 37 solar projects hasn't helped. Experts say this is a make-or-break moment—act now, empower SREDA, fix what's broken, or miss the clean energy train again.
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EP_23_02 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 02 July 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
CA Orders Installing Solar Panels on Rooftops of All Govt Buildings
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus recently instructed the authorities concerned to take initiatives to generate power by installing solar panels on the rooftops of all government buildings in the country.
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EP_23_02 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 02 July 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Egypt's Renewable Power Capacity to Reach 31.6GW in 2035: GlobalData
Egypt is endeavoring to augment the proportion of renewable energy within its electricity mix to 42% by the year 2035.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Scientists Build 29.5%-Efficiency All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells
An international team of researchers used a novel interfacial treatment to improve the performance of perovskite solar cells across a range of narrow and wide bandgap single junction, tandem, and mini-module samples.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Modi Lays Foundation Stone for 1,010 cr City Gas Project in Bengal
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation stone for a new City Gas Distribution (CGD) project in West Bengal's Alipurduar, a significant step towards expanding the CGD network in India.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
One More RMG Factory Gets LEED Certification
One more RMG factory in the country got LEED certification, which is a testament to the country's unwavering commitment to environmental sustainability in the readymade garment (RMG) sector.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Persons Involved in Illegal Gas Connections Face Music: Fouzul
Energy, Power and Mineral Resources Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan has said that administrative measures area being taken against the persons involved in illegal gas connections.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Plastic Tsunami Threatens Bay of Bengal
On the occasion of Environmental Day 2025, Change Initiative warns that Bangladesh is facing a rising tide of plastic pollution from cross-border rivers a crisis that threatens its coasts, ecosystems, fisheries, and public health.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Fire Cuts Power to 45,000 in French Riviera
French Riviera authorities said recently they are boosting security around electricity grid sites after overnight fire in an a substation that cut power to 45,000 people, and a massive blackout during the Cannes film festival blamed on sabotage.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
EGCB Appends Huawei laaS for Disaster Recovery Enhancement
Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh has taken a pivotal step in its digital transformation journey by adopting Huawei's infrastructure as a service to bolster its disaster recovery capabilities, says a press release.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Climate Advocates to ADB: Embrace People-Powered, Ecologically Sound Climate Solutions
On World Environment Day, climate justice and clean energy advocates across Asia held creative protests and solidarity actions to challenge the Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s continued support for fossil fuels and market-driven climate schemes and call on the region’s top energy funder to choose real, community-driven climate solutions.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Rotork Joins Rockwell Automation's Technology Partner Program
Rotork, a global leader in flow control Rotork and intelligent actuation solutions, is pleased to announce its official entry into the Rockwell Automation Technology Partner Program.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Alliance to Advance Cross-Border RE Supply
Energy companies from Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam have formed an alliance to explore the supply of cross-border renewable energy, with a key focus on offshore wind.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Israel-Iran Lethal Conflict And Consequences
For a week now, Zionist Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran have been engaged in bitter conflict, destroying property, cities, and both military and civil infrastructure. It began with a massive Israeli attack on Iran's military and nuclear sites. Several top military commanders and nuclear scientists were killed. Iran responded by firing hundreds of missiles and drones at major cities and towns.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
JICA, Bangladesh Sign Deals on Climate Change Resilience
To advance economic reforms, strengthen climate change resilience efforts as well as promote educational opportunities for government officials, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of Bangladesh signed two major agreements in Tokyo, Japan, on May 30.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
12kg LPG Cylinder Price Reduced by Tk 28
Bangladesh Regulatory Commission (BERC) has reduced the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) of 12 kg cylinder at the retailer level by Tk28 to Tk 1,403.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
UN Scientists Propose 'Minerals Trust' to Power Green Energy
Rapidly scaling up Renewable energy to limit future warming requires a sharp increase in the supply of critical minerals like cobalt, nickel and lithium for technologies including solar panels, battery storage and electric vehicles.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Energy Secretary Terminates $3.7b Worth of Biden-Era Projects Focusing on Carbon Capture, Decarbonization
U.S. Secretary of Energy Uchris Wright announced the termination of 24 awards issued by the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) totaling over $3.7 billion in financial assistance.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Japan Resilient about Clean Ammonia Prospects in Asia
Japan remains committed to scaling up the emerging clean ammonia industry for direct combustion through consistent government support mechanisms, despite government roll backs on funding and commitments in other regions.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Brazil Fires Drive Acceleration in Amazon Deforestation: Report
A record fire season in Brazil last year caused the rate of deforestation to accelerate, in a blow to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pledge to protect the Amazon rainforest, official figures showed recently.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Rosatom Celebrates Anniversary of World's Only Floating Nuclear Power Pplant
Five years ago, the world's first-ever Floating Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP), Akademik Lomonosov, went into commercial operations in the Western Chukotka region of Russia.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Norwegian Offshore Vessel Services Quintet Assessing Remote DP Operations
Kongsberg Maritime, Solstad, Wstensjw, DeepOcean and Remota are jointly investigating the potential for remote dynamic positioning (DP) operations in the offshore sector.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
A Study On India's Independent Power-Producing Sector
India's power sector has undergone a notable transformation, marked by the increasing involvement of private, or independent, entrepreneurs since the economic liberalization of the 1990s. This includes decisive policy drivers and regulatory frameworks that shape a dynamic private sector, which has demonstrated amazing growth, surpassing related challenges.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
Record 153 BD Students Applied for Rosatom's North Pole Expedition
Over 3,500 entries received from students from 20 countries, including Bangladesh, to participate in the North Pole Expedition6th Icebreaker of Knowledge.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
JinkoSolar Takes Top Spot on Wood Mac's List of PV Module Manufacturers
JinkoSolar led global PV module shipments in 2024, followed by JA Solar, Longi, Canadian Solar and Trina Solar, according to Wood Mackenzie.
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EP_23_01 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 03 June 16, 2025)
Energy & Power
BANGLADESH'S NEXT ELECTION TO BE OR NOT TO BE?
Is Bangladesh going into the polls? If so, when?
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