Energy

Maximising energy efficiency is key to our industrial growth

The need to tackle climate change necessitates an increase in energy efficiency.

Opinion / Stop malicious attempts to increase gas, electricity prices

Long-term cost hikes hurt energy sector; BERC lost neutrality, harming consumers.

'High dependence on imported fossil fuels bringing trouble'

"The high dependence on imported fossil fuels has significantly impacted our energy system."

OpenAI CEO Altman says at Davos future AI depends on energy breakthrough

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman emphasises on energy breakthrough to facilitate the vast power consumption of future AI

National Energy Security Day Today / Hike in energy prices fails to improve supply

The perennial energy crisis of industries in Bangladesh remains unresolved even though energy prices have been hiked considerably to offset government subsidies in the sector and facilitate industrial productivity.

How the energy sector shut its doors to the public

Latest government decisions regarding energy are textbook examples of regulatory capture

NEW ENERGY MASTER PLAN / More power, but at what cost?

The latest energy master plan does not align with Bangladesh's clean energy targets

An energy sector on steroids

Why should we pay for the government’s questionable policies?

Coal consumption may rise in Bangladesh this year

Although the coal consumption declined in Bangladesh last year, it is expected to increase sharply this year, the International Energy Agency said yesterday.

February 10, 2015
February 10, 2015

Energy is not a service

THE recent public hearings organised by the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) and the sorry state of preparedness of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and its subsidiaries, gas distribution and transmission companies including TITAS and Gas Transmission Company Ltd. (GTCL) leave a lot to be desired.

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