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Effective Steps to be Taken for Resolving Environmental Complaints: Rizwana
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan recently said the legal framework and complaint resolution mechanism of the Department of Environment (DOE) will be strengthened to ensure more effective handling of environmental complaints.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Global Oil Supply Set to Exceed Demand in 2025
Strong output from the Americas, the unwinding of OPEC+ supply cuts and weaker-than-expected demand growth due to economic headwinds could result in a 600,000-barrel-per-day surplus of oil in 2025, according to our March Oil Market Report – though significant uncertainties hang over the outlook.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Govt to Set Up Ground Mounted Solar PV at NSEZ on PPP Basis
The government has approved a proposal in principle for setting up Ground Mounted Solar PV (100200MW) at the National Special Economic Zone Project (NSEZ) on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) basis.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
India's Adani Energy Solutions Wins $325m Transmission Project
India's Adani Energy Solutions (ADAI.NS), the power transmission arm of billionaire Gautam Adani's Adani Group, has won a 28 billion rupee ($325 million) project in the western state of Gujarat, it said recently.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Impediments To Foreign Investment In Energy Sector
In the present uncertainty over energy security, Bangladesh desperately needs free flow of foreign investment in almost all segments of the energy and power supply chain.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Robots to Retrieve Radioactive Sandbags at Fukushima Plant
Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster soon, a spokesman for the plant operator said recently.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
LNG Re-gasification Reaches Highest 1,022 mmcfd Mar 18
Bangladesh has been re-gasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the highest level ever recorded to meet the rising power demand during the ongoing Ramadan, said sources.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Smart Management Of Gas Systems Operation
Bangladesh is suffering from a chronic energy crisis - gas supply shortages. The present maximum supply of gas, including imported LNG, is 2800-2900 MMCFD against the coincident peak demand of 4200 MMCFD.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Organix Energy, ILII Innovations and Development Collaborate to Transform Waste Management in Bangladesh
Organix Energy Inc., a Canada-based renewable energy and management company, announced waste has a strategic collaboration with ILII to revolutionize waste management in Bangladesh.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Coal Imported for Matarbari Power Plant Sent Back Due to Heavy Soil Mix
Coal Power Generation Company Limited (CPGCL) has rejected a shipment of 63,000 tonnes of coal after detecting a significant presence of soil in the consignment meant for the Matarbari Power Plant in Cox's Bazar.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
CA for Ensuring Transparency in Khurushkul Climate Refugee Rehabilitation Project
Chief Adviser Professor Chi Muhammad recently directed the authorities Yunus concerned to ensure transparency in implementing the Khurushkul Climate Refugee Rehabilitation Project, Cox's Bazar.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
RNPP: Hydraulic Pressure Tests Conducted at Unit-1
To ensure the strength of the primary circuit systems and equipment, hydraulic tests with a pressure of 24.5 MPa have been completed at the first unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP).
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Water-Rich Brazil Becoming Ever Drier, Report Warns
Brazil is home to 12 Biomet freshwater reserves, much of it in the Amazon, but is losing natural surface water as climate change and land conversion from forest to farming take their toll, a report said recently.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Brazil Shares Priorities for COP 30
Among Brazil's key priorities for the COP Conference, 30 President-designate Andrй Aranha Corrka do Lago highlighted the defense of multilateralism and respect for science.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Woodside, China Resources Sign 15-Yr LNG Supply Deal
Through an agreement with China Resources, Woodside will supply about 0.6 million tpy of LNG to China over 15 years.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Three Summit Power Plants to Shut from April 1
Three power plants of (SPL), the country's largest private power producer, will cease operations from April 1 as the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BREB) is not renewing their power purchase agreements (PPAs).
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Bangladesh, UNOPS Sign $1.6m Funding Deal to Strengthen Climate Resilience in Bangladesh
The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control And Research (IEDCR), and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) recently signed the project cooperation agreement on \"Strengthen Climate-informed Disease Surveillance and Early Warning System\" under the \"Global Fund Climate Change & Health Fund for Bangladesh\" at IEDCR.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Sudden Withdrawal Of Subsidies To Put Economy In Crisis
Over the years, the expenditure in the power and energy sector has consistently exceeded its revenue, leading to mounting losses.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
BD to Import Four Spot LNG Cargoes in Apr
Bangladesh's state-run Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd (RPGCL) has floated one fresh tender and re-issued one to purchase two spot LNG cargoes respectively for April 23-24 and April 14-15 delivery windows.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Three More RMG Factories Receive LEED Certification
Three more Bangladeshi garment manufacturing factories have been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certificates, with the country's RMG sector further cementing its position in the global markets.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Gas Reserves in European UGS Facilities Down to Around 36%
Gas reserves in urope's GEF underground gas storage (UGS) facilities have fallen to around 36% for the first time in more than three years, while pumping into UGS facilities has slowed down amid a fall in temperature this week, according to data provided by Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE).
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
CNOOC Starts Up Two Projects Offshore China
Caofeidian 6-4 Oilfield Comprehensive Adjustment Project is in the western part of the Bohai Sea in eastern China, in water depths of about 20 m.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Chinese Solar Panel Giant Longi to Invest in Bangladesh: Envoy
Longi, the largest solar panel manufacturer in the world, has decided to set up an office and invest in solar manufacturing in panel Bangladesh, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen said recently.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Bangladesh Seeks to Improve Net Metering for Rooftop PV
Bangladesh is seeking to overhaul its net-metering policy to encourage rooftop PV deployment by allowing 100% power injection and expanding eligibility to all grid-connected users, including those with single-phase and prepaid meters.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
DESCO Tenders 120 MW of Solar
Dhaka Electric Supply Co. (Desco), a Bangladeshi power distribution company, has launched a tender for 120 MW of on-grid solar, to be installed in eight lots of 15 MW. The deadline for applications is May 5.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
RNPP: Turbine Installed at First Unit
An important and final stage of the turbine installation has been completed at the first unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP).
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
IDCOL Hosts Green Finance, Sustainability Talk at NSU
The Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), in collaboration with the Department of Architecture at North South University (NSU), recently organized a panel discussion titled \"Role of Green Finance in Advancing Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development in Bangladesh.\"
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Patuakhali RNPL Power Plant Faces Allegations over Late Tender Acceptance
The coal supply tender process for the RPCL-Norinco International Power Limited (RNPL) Patuakhali 1320 MW Power Plant, which began over two and a half years ago, has become controversial after two tenders were accepted past the official deadline on 20 March.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
North America Cuts 35 Rigs Week on Week
North America dropped 35 rigs week on week, according to Baker Hughes’ latest North America rotary rig count, which was released on March 14.
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EP_22_20 (Energy & Power Vol 22 Issue 20 April 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Rampal Power Plant: Indian Nationals Draw Hefty Salaries, Bonuses
India Indian nationals working at the Bangladesh Friendship Power Company are drawing an average monthly salary of more than Tk 10 lakh, revealed a financial review by the Bangladesh Development Board.
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