POWER supply to the country’s Southwest and Northern regions was restored partially after four hours of outage due to a major grid failure which occurred at around 11:00am on Tuesday. Khulna, Barisal, Rajshahi and Rangpur divisions remained cut off following the major breakdown of Ishwardi-Ghorashal and Ashuganj-Sirajganj power transmission lines due to nor’wester, as per a report of our daily.
The grid failures virtually led to shutdown of many power plants in the country’s Southwest and Northern regions. A nor’wester on Monday night first damaged the national grid’s Ashuganj-Sirajganj line.
At first grid failure took place in 230 KV Ashuganj-Sirajganj transmission line as a strong storm hit it at 11:00 on Monday night. As the grid line works as one of the main electricity transmission line to the Northern region, a number of power plants in the region were immediately shut. With this breakdown of the grid line, which works as one of the main electricity transmission lines to Southwest and Northern regions, a number of power plants in the regions were immediately shut.
Meanwhile, power cuts hit most parts of Southwest and Northern regions halting business and other works for several hours. According to the PDB, power transmission in Barisal, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Rangpur regions have been cut off halting production at the 27 plants with the capacity of producing 2,249 MW power in the regions. A probe body has been formed to investigate and report within five days.
Bangladesh’s energy infrastructure is quite small, insufficient and poorly managed. On November 2, 2014, electricity was restored after a day-long nationwide blackout. A transmission line from India had failed. In a recent root-cause analysis report the investigating team has clarified that fault was actually due to lack in electricity management, poor transmission and distribution health infrastructure that caused the blackout. In generating and distributing electricity, the failure to adequately manage the load leads to extensive load-shedding which results in severe disruption in the industrial production and other economic activities. A recent survey reveals that inefficient delivery of power is caused by inefficient distribution system. It is estimated that the total transmission and distribution losses in Bangladesh amount to one-third of the total generation, the value of which is equal to US $247 million per year.
In 2011, there were proposals to upgrade the grid technologies to digital smart metering systems and investing in renewable energy technologies to produce 5pc of total power generation by 2015 and 10pc by 2020, as noted in the National Renewable Policy of 2008. Multiple power flow lines with automated control and digital metering would allow Feed-in-tariffs (FIT) to be possible, as the energy usage could be monitored remotely and private power generation and energy efficient entities could be offered rebates and incentives. However all of these proposals are yet to be implemented — instead of looking to the future, we peer into the past with yet another probe.
The grid failures virtually led to shutdown of many power plants in the country’s Southwest and Northern regions. A nor’wester on Monday night first damaged the national grid’s Ashuganj-Sirajganj line.
At first grid failure took place in 230 KV Ashuganj-Sirajganj transmission line as a strong storm hit it at 11:00 on Monday night. As the grid line works as one of the main electricity transmission line to the Northern region, a number of power plants in the region were immediately shut. With this breakdown of the grid line, which works as one of the main electricity transmission lines to Southwest and Northern regions, a number of power plants in the regions were immediately shut.
Meanwhile, power cuts hit most parts of Southwest and Northern regions halting business and other works for several hours. According to the PDB, power transmission in Barisal, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Rangpur regions have been cut off halting production at the 27 plants with the capacity of producing 2,249 MW power in the regions. A probe body has been formed to investigate and report within five days.
Bangladesh’s energy infrastructure is quite small, insufficient and poorly managed. On November 2, 2014, electricity was restored after a day-long nationwide blackout. A transmission line from India had failed. In a recent root-cause analysis report the investigating team has clarified that fault was actually due to lack in electricity management, poor transmission and distribution health infrastructure that caused the blackout. In generating and distributing electricity, the failure to adequately manage the load leads to extensive load-shedding which results in severe disruption in the industrial production and other economic activities. A recent survey reveals that inefficient delivery of power is caused by inefficient distribution system. It is estimated that the total transmission and distribution losses in Bangladesh amount to one-third of the total generation, the value of which is equal to US $247 million per year.
In 2011, there were proposals to upgrade the grid technologies to digital smart metering systems and investing in renewable energy technologies to produce 5pc of total power generation by 2015 and 10pc by 2020, as noted in the National Renewable Policy of 2008. Multiple power flow lines with automated control and digital metering would allow Feed-in-tariffs (FIT) to be possible, as the energy usage could be monitored remotely and private power generation and energy efficient entities could be offered rebates and incentives. However all of these proposals are yet to be implemented — instead of looking to the future, we peer into the past with yet another probe.
