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LNG re-gasification reaches capacity level

Dhaka, May 23 -- Bangladesh has augmented re-gasification of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to its full capacity recently to meet mounting demand for the fuel in the power plants amid ongoing heat waves.... Read More


BIPPA seeks unified tax on all types of imported fuels for power generation

Dhaka, May 21 -- Power-plant owners have demanded a unified tax measure for all types of imported fuels to remove discrimination existing in the sector and ensure a level playing field. Bangladesh In... Read More


Gas, power tariffs poised for frequent hike

Dhaka, May 11 -- Gas and power tariffs are poised for more frequent hikes than previously planned as a fallout from the bumped-up dollar pricing, sources say. The exchange rate of the US currency has... Read More


China's fresh wind power bid shows huge prospects in Bangladesh

Dhaka, May 4 -- Power China, the builder of Bangladesh's first 60-megawatt (MW) capacity wind power plant, is eyeing to build two new similar plants with a combined capacity of 260MW near the existing... Read More


Heatwave heightens electricity generation, LNG supply

Dhaka, April 21 -- Bangladesh has been generating electricity near its record high and re-gasifying liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the highest level ever recorded to meet the rising power demand durin... Read More


Govt set to augment LNG imports from spot market

Dhaka, April 20 -- The government has decided to import a total of 23 spot LNG cargoes during the January-June 2024 instead of the previously set 13 to reap the benefits of lower prices in the interna... Read More


Load-shedding eases as power supply improves

Dhaka, April 16 -- The country's overall gas supply from gas-fired power plants increased with the resumption of regasification by the floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), owned by Summit ... Read More


Chevron shelves $65m project

Dhaka, April 5 -- American oil-major Chevron has deferred its $65-million Jalalabad compression project in northeastern Bangladesh following nonpayment of $220 million in overdue gas bills, market sou... Read More


Capacity payment ballooning with LNG-fired plants also claiming

Dhaka, March 26 -- Euphemistically-coined financial penalty called capacity payment now branches out as LNG-fired power plants emerge as new claimants, with an almost laid-off one already billing agai... Read More


Gas crunch poised to ease with FSRU operation

Dhaka, March 18 -- Gas supply across Bangladesh may increase next week as another private-sector floating LNG-regasification unit looks all but ready to resume operation after an overhaul, sources say... Read More