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Energy & Power
Bangladesh's Renewable Energy Journey: From Ambition To Reality
Bangladesh stands at a critical juncture in its energy journey today.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Bangladesh's Coal Imperative: Unlocking The Potential Of Phulbari
The country's installed (and soon-to-be commissioned) coalbased generation capacity now exceeds 8,000 megawatts (MW), requiring about 20 million tonnes (Mt) of Phulbari- or Barapukuria-quality coal annually-or a larger volume of imported, lowerquality coal.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Climate Summit 2025 Accelerates Momentum Toward COP 30
Many emphasized the need for a just transition that supports sustainable development, called on all countries to honor their commitments to climate finance and technology transfer, and reiterated their commitment to multilateralism.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
LPG DESERVES MORE ATTENTION IN GAS-STARVED BANGLADESH
It was in 1997 when Bangladesh first started importing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) amid declining availability of natural gas. Laugfs Gas Bangladesh, a company of Sri Lanka-based multinational Laugfs Holdings, was given the first permit to import and distribute LPG in cylinders to meet the growing demand in energy-starved Bangladesh. Since then, the LPG sector has witnessed an exponential increase in consumption-from 2.5 lakh tonnes in 2009 to the current 1.5 million tonnes a year. The clean-burning fuel has earned popularity for a number of reasons. In rural areas, it has made cooking easy and comfortable by replacing the smoke-causing wood and tree leaves. LPG is environmentally friendly too. The more LPG is used, the greater the saving of trees and woods.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
LPG Policy Must Be Long-Term, Safe, and Inclusive
Price control is another major issue. In neighboring India, subsidies ensure that LPG is affordable for ordinary households. Bangladesh, by contrast, imposes taxes and VAT, making LPG more expensive while leaving private operators to subsidize consumers from their own pockets. This imbalance is unsustainable.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
LPG Business Is The Maintenance Of Safety: The Bangladesh Context
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) has emerged as a vital energy source for Bangladesh's domestic, industrial, and transport sectors. The LPG market in Bangladesh has experienced remarkable expansion over the past decade. As the nation transitions from a reliance on natural gas to a diversified energy mix, LPG offers a clean, efficient, and portable alternative. However, the very properties that make LPG convenient—its flammability, explosive nature, overpressure hazard, and wide use—also make it a significant safety concern. Fires and explosions have become increasingly frequent in Bangladesh in recent years. The LPG business, therefore, is fundamentally about maintaining safety throughout its lifecycle—from production, storage, and transportation to consumer use.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Too Much Expected, Too Little Delivered
One of the major allegations against the previous regime, which ruled from 2009 to 2024, was widespread irregularities and corruption in the planning and management of the energy and power sectors. Many large-scale infrastructure projects were indeed built during that period.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Fostering Collaboration For Shared Challenges And Sustainable Development
At a pivotal moment for the global economy, the World Economic Forum's Sustainable Development Impact Meetings 2025 brought together more than 1,000 global leaders to advance action on inclusive economic growth, responsible technology, humanitarian crises, and climate change. The leaders include 70 top government officials, 22 heads of international organizations, 500 business executives, and 125 representatives from civil society.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Energy Action Forum Reviews Progress, Drives Ambition to 2030 and Beyond
The ENERGYNOW SDG7 Action Forum 2025 highlighted that “progress on SDG 7 targets has been insufficient, with energy poverty, increasing demand, and the need for rapid decarbonization continuing to present major challenges”.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
ABB Recognized as Leader in 2025 Verdantix Green Quadrant for Industrial AI Analytics
ABB has been named a Leader in the Verdantix Green Quadrant: Industrial AI Analytics Software 2025, a benchmark report that evaluates the capabilities and momentum of the most prominent industrial AI analytics software solutions on the market.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Solar Future In Bangladesh Balancing Cost Competitiveness And Demand Realities
Introduction - On the verge of a climate change disaster, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have become a major global concern, particularly energy-related emissions, which account for about 75% of total GHGs.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
System Loss Of Gas In Bangladesh
Unpublished data for 11 months of the latest fiscal year (FY 2024-25) from Petrobangla reveal that the total system loss based on the difference between gas entering the national grid and gas sold to customers is 7.77%.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Powerless By Choice
Bangladesh's deepening energy crisis stems from years of political indecision over domestic resource exploration and renewable development.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
LPG Usage And Its Safety
LPG is an abbreviation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, which is a mixture of propane and butane.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
In Defense Of Electricity Generation In Bangladesh
In 2010, fewer than six in ten Bangladeshis had electricity.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Phasing Out Single-Use Plastic Begins from Secretariat: Rizwana
Adviser on Environment, Forests and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hassan has said the journey to phase out single-use plastics (SUP) from government offices has officially begun with the Bangladesh Secretariat.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
City Bank Secures $75m Loan from AIIB and NDB to Boost Investment
City Bank PLC, a private sector bank in Bangladesh, has secured a $75 million loan facility from two international development banks to boost private sector investment.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
BERC Steps Up Reforms To Build A Transparent, Competitive Energy Market
With the main objectives of creating a competitive energy market, ensuring transparency in management, operation, and tariff determination, fostering a favorable environment for private investment, and safeguarding consumer interests, the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) was established as an independent and quasi-judicial autonomous body through the enactment of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission Act, 2003, passed by the National Parliament on March 13, 2003.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Bangladesh's Energy Transition: Fragile Today, Renewable Tomorrow?
Few countries illustrate the challenges and opportunities of Just Transition as clearly as Bangladesh. On one hand, Bangladesh is one of the most climate-vulnerable nations in the world, as per the World Risk Index, ninth for Climate disaster risk (2023). Almost one-fifth of its land lies less than one meter above sea level. Each year, millions face the threat of cyclones, floods, saline water intrusion, and drought. So, climate change is not a distant worry for Bangladesh; it is already shaping daily life, from migration to food production. On the other hand, Bangladesh has minimal fossil resources. Apart from natural gas and a small amount of coal, the country has little of its own. Ironically, despite this scarcity, Bangladesh has built an energy system that is heavily fossil-dependent. Imported oil, coal, and LNG play a major role in power generation. This has made the country vulnerable to price shocks and created a huge fiscal burden from subsidies.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Financing Bangladesh's Renewable Future: Escaping The Debt Trap And Building Energy Sovereignty By 2050
Bangladesh is entering a defining decade.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Rising Heat Puts Bangladesh's Health, Economy And Environment Under Strain
With increasing heat and humidity, Bangladesh has been experiencing severe adverse weather phenomena that are making life and livelihoods ever more challenging.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
How France Can Support Bangladesh In Developing Its Blue Economy?
With 11 million square meters, France has the second-largest maritime territory in the world. From this heritage, the country is considered a global leader in blue economy technology, research, and innovation in areas such as marine energies, sustainable fisheries, maritime industry, maritime security, and oceanography. For Bangladesh, these sectors hold great potential, especially since the Hague Court awarded in 2014 almost 20,000 km2 of maritime area in the Bay of Bengal.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Powering Resilience: Why Distributed Solar Is Bangladesh's Climate Lifeline
As Bangladesh braces for intensifying climate shocks—from rising seas to erratic monsoons—one solution is quietly transforming lives across villages, towns, and cities: distributed solar generation. In a country where energy access and climate resilience are deeply intertwined, solar panels on rooftops and microgrids in rural communities are doing more than just lighting homes—they’re helping Bangladesh adapt to a changing climate.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Renewable Energy Transition: The New Trade Imperative For Bangladesh
ESPR makes sustainability and traceability mandatory, CBAM introduces a border carbon price for selected goods, and buyers are demanding renewable-backed supply chains. Decarbonizing the grid and scaling renewables is therefore inevitable if Bangladesh is to protect
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
River Currents Of Bangladesh: From Ruins To Throne
Bangladesh has small deposits of very high-quality, sulfur-free coal in the northern region of the country, though most lie at considerable depth. These deposits could be exploited through underground mining, though in only one or two areas, opencast mining might be possible.
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EP_23_09 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 9 October 16, 2025 Anniversary Issue)
Energy & Power
Recent USA Tax Base, EU Renewable Competitiveness, And Developing Nations Converge On The Road To COP30
The global clean energy transition is unfolding at a breathtaking pace, shaped by technological breakthroughs, shifting investment landscapes, and ambitious climate policies.
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EP_23_08 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 8 October 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Heat Stress Hurts Economy
Bangladesh is facing mounting economic and health risks from rising temperatures, driven by unplanned urbanization and pollution.
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EP_23_08 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 8 October 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
BYD Unveils 14.5 MWh Storage System
China's EV giant has unveiled the 14.5 MWh DC \"Haohan\" single-unit DC block with record-breaking capacity to challenge next-generation energy storage market.
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EP_23_08 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 8 October 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Can COP30 Avoid The Brutality Of Inaction?
The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is fast approaching. Preparations are underway by the incoming COP30 Presidency of Brazil, which has been issuing a series of letters aimed at encouraging all stakeholders, including UNFCCC parties, to effectively implement the Paris Agreement (PA). In one such letter, the Presidency expressed hope to avoid the “brutality of inaction” that has characterized many past COPs. Following the subsidiary bodies’ meetings in Bonn last June (SB62), the UNFCCC also held several online consultations with parties and stakeholders, alongside other mandated events in the run-up to COP30, which takes place in just seven weeks.
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EP_23_08 (Energy & Power Vol 23 Issue 8 October 1, 2025)
Energy & Power
Bhola Gas May Give Partial Relief To Chronic Gas Crisis
The government should immediately move to develop Bhola's gas prospects through a professional reserve assessment. If an international tender for constructing a 24-inch cross-country pipeline on an EPC basis is floated by June 2026, Bhola gas could begin supplying the Barishal and Khulna regions by 2030.
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