Staff Reporter :
All people of Bangladesh will get electricity, when the country’s total power generation would reach its target of 24,000 MW by 2021.
“For the first time, the electricity generation reached a record mark with 9,036 MW on June 30, thus fulfilling the consumer’s demand,” Engineer Mohammad Hossain, Director General of Power Cell, Power Division under Power, energy and Mineral Resources Ministry told this correspondent on Saturday.
He said the government is now in a position to reach its desired target of generating 24,000 MW by 202. The power generation capacity has already reached to 14,539 MW, bringing 76 percent of the population under the electricity coverage.
“The government has set its target to bring all citizens under the electricity coverage by 2021 under the visionary and undaunted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that pulled out the nation from the abyss of darkness caused by load shedding,” Engineer Hossain said.
The power cell director general said Bangladesh’s capability to generate power has increased three fold to 14,539 MW in seven years of the Awami League’s two consecutive terms.
“The Awami League government has achieved a number of successes in the power sector during the past seven years, as power generation capacity is around tripled from 4,942MW in 2009 to 14,539MW currently,” he said. Power Development Board (PDB) spokesman Saiful Hasan Chowdhury said the government is supplying power to the consumers as per regular demand.
According to a ministry official, the highest power generation was around 4,036 MW in 2008, which nearly tripled at present. “The government set up 102 power plants, increased transmission lines and distribution lines since 2009,” he said.
In 2009, when Awami League took office, the country’s power generation capacity was 4,942MW. The additional capacity has been added in annual increases of 365MW, 775MW, 1763MW, 951MW, 1163MW, 583MW and 1,997 MW respectively in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 to May 2016, the official said.
The country has the highest rate of solar home system installations in the world and the system losses have been significantly reduced. The government has given top priority to the development of the sector considering its importance in the overall development of the country, the he added.
The official said that right after assuming office in 2009, in order to address the debilitating power shortages plaguing Bangladesh from 2001 onwards, the government formulated the forward looking Power Sector Master Plan 2010.
Bangladesh, now importing 600MW power from India, has achieved the fastest growth rate of installing solar home systems in the world, at a rate of 70,000 systems every month. Over 3 million systems have already been installed with support from development partners, he said.
The government is working on setting up a nuclear power plant and a coal-based power plant to upgrade Bangladesh to a middle-income country within 2021.
To achieve the goal, the government plans to set up eight more power plants while 29 more remain under-construction and the tender process of 20 others are underway.
All people of Bangladesh will get electricity, when the country’s total power generation would reach its target of 24,000 MW by 2021.
“For the first time, the electricity generation reached a record mark with 9,036 MW on June 30, thus fulfilling the consumer’s demand,” Engineer Mohammad Hossain, Director General of Power Cell, Power Division under Power, energy and Mineral Resources Ministry told this correspondent on Saturday.
He said the government is now in a position to reach its desired target of generating 24,000 MW by 202. The power generation capacity has already reached to 14,539 MW, bringing 76 percent of the population under the electricity coverage.
“The government has set its target to bring all citizens under the electricity coverage by 2021 under the visionary and undaunted leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that pulled out the nation from the abyss of darkness caused by load shedding,” Engineer Hossain said.
The power cell director general said Bangladesh’s capability to generate power has increased three fold to 14,539 MW in seven years of the Awami League’s two consecutive terms.
“The Awami League government has achieved a number of successes in the power sector during the past seven years, as power generation capacity is around tripled from 4,942MW in 2009 to 14,539MW currently,” he said. Power Development Board (PDB) spokesman Saiful Hasan Chowdhury said the government is supplying power to the consumers as per regular demand.
According to a ministry official, the highest power generation was around 4,036 MW in 2008, which nearly tripled at present. “The government set up 102 power plants, increased transmission lines and distribution lines since 2009,” he said.
In 2009, when Awami League took office, the country’s power generation capacity was 4,942MW. The additional capacity has been added in annual increases of 365MW, 775MW, 1763MW, 951MW, 1163MW, 583MW and 1,997 MW respectively in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 to May 2016, the official said.
The country has the highest rate of solar home system installations in the world and the system losses have been significantly reduced. The government has given top priority to the development of the sector considering its importance in the overall development of the country, the he added.
The official said that right after assuming office in 2009, in order to address the debilitating power shortages plaguing Bangladesh from 2001 onwards, the government formulated the forward looking Power Sector Master Plan 2010.
Bangladesh, now importing 600MW power from India, has achieved the fastest growth rate of installing solar home systems in the world, at a rate of 70,000 systems every month. Over 3 million systems have already been installed with support from development partners, he said.
The government is working on setting up a nuclear power plant and a coal-based power plant to upgrade Bangladesh to a middle-income country within 2021.
To achieve the goal, the government plans to set up eight more power plants while 29 more remain under-construction and the tender process of 20 others are underway.
