BSS, Dhaka :
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on Tuesday launched an energy conference in Bangladesh capital seeking effective ways for integrated power management among regional nations through enhanced cooperation.
“The BIMSTEC is working on connecting an about 3,000 kilometre-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India,” Bangladesh premier’s energy affairs advisor Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury said opening the event.
He added: “(The proposed) grid connectivity among the (BIMSTEC) nations could ensure capacity or load factor utilisation through complementing each other on the basis of the member countries’ energy demand and supply status”.
The connectivity will also enhance the efficiency of the energy by reducing the electricity cost for the consumers and ensure uninterrupted quality electricity supply for industrial and commercial sectors maintaining stability in the power sector.
Talking to newsmen later on the sidelines of the conference, he said two of the BIMSTEC members Nepal and Bhutan have high hydropower potentials, but the countries face with power deficiency during the lean seasons.
Chowdhury said Bangladesh could supply power to the two countries during the time of their need and in exchange import their hydropower during the monsoon.
He, however, said fluctuation of Bangladesh’s existing power transmission and distribution network currently appeared to be barrier for electricity swapping with other countries but “we are trying to improve the transmission and distribution network”.
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) on Tuesday launched an energy conference in Bangladesh capital seeking effective ways for integrated power management among regional nations through enhanced cooperation.
“The BIMSTEC is working on connecting an about 3,000 kilometre-long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to India,” Bangladesh premier’s energy affairs advisor Dr Tawfiq-E-Elahi Chowdhury said opening the event.
He added: “(The proposed) grid connectivity among the (BIMSTEC) nations could ensure capacity or load factor utilisation through complementing each other on the basis of the member countries’ energy demand and supply status”.
The connectivity will also enhance the efficiency of the energy by reducing the electricity cost for the consumers and ensure uninterrupted quality electricity supply for industrial and commercial sectors maintaining stability in the power sector.
Talking to newsmen later on the sidelines of the conference, he said two of the BIMSTEC members Nepal and Bhutan have high hydropower potentials, but the countries face with power deficiency during the lean seasons.
Chowdhury said Bangladesh could supply power to the two countries during the time of their need and in exchange import their hydropower during the monsoon.
He, however, said fluctuation of Bangladesh’s existing power transmission and distribution network currently appeared to be barrier for electricity swapping with other countries but “we are trying to improve the transmission and distribution network”.
