Where science is the solution Abdul Bayes There is little shade of doubt that Bangladesh has made commendable progress in food grain production, especially rice. The total rice production reached 32 million tonnes in 2009/10 as compared to 25 million tonnes just five years back. Since Independence, production of rice tripled and the growth rate […]
Search for hydrocarbon moves at a snail’s pace Shahiduzzaman Khan Bangladesh’s hydrocarbon reserve is depleting fast. It is likely to face acute energy crisis after 2015 if no new reserve is found immediately. The situation has gone to such an extent that all concerned appear to have accepted the likely devastating effect of the gas […]
Donors can fund CCS for coal-fired power plants: UK envoy 16.07.2011 Britain’s climate change envoy has said energy-starved Bangladesh could lobby donor partners to finance coal-fired power stations that are part of the first wave of “carbon capture and storage” (CCS), a means of mitigating the effect of fossil fuel emissions on global warming, reports […]
BPC’s red balance skyrockets Incurs Tk 72.08b loss in fiscal 2010-11 M Azizur Rahman The aggregate loss of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) skyrocketed to Tk 72.08 billion in the last fiscal year (FY) 2010-11, up by 251 per cent over the previous fiscal’s Tk 20.49 billion. The purchase of a substantially higher quantity of petroleum […]
Off-shore gas exploration deal Nerun Yakub The Financial Express – 25.06.2011 A super-numerary professor of science at Dhaka University (DU) lost his cool recently when asked to comment on the position taken by the national resource protection committee, vis-a-vis the gas exploration and exploitation deals signed by the government, the latest being with the multinational […]
Coal (black gold) – future energy of Bangladesh 11.12. 2010 Coal may be termed ‘black gold’. World’s 50 per cent energy comes from coal. Bangladesh is sleeping on the black gold mine bed located in the northern districts of Rangpur and Dinajpur, while facing a mounting energy crisis and relies on natural gas as the […]
The Bangladesh government should take immediate steps to start exploiting energy from our coal deposits adopting a technically appropriate, economically feasible and environmentally friendly method. There is no controversy about the disastrous effects of coal mining, as we faced at Boropukuria. Open pit coal mining has also disastrous environmental and social effects. People of my […]
Underground coal gasification: A viable coal mining option Shamsuddin Ahmad from Canada The Bangladesh government should take immediate steps to start exploiting energy from our coal deposits adopting a technically appropriate, economically feasible and environmentally friendly method. There is no controversy about the disastrous effects of coal mining, as we faced at Boropukuria. Open pit […]
3,800MW power generation, 1780mmcfd gas, some contentious issues for AL Staff Correspondent FE, 12 November 2010 The average power generation capacity during peak hours was at around 3,800MW and the total gas production at around 1,780 million cubic feet per day when the Awami League-led alliance government took office on Tuesday. The Awami League in […]
UNDER Ottawa’s proposal, power companies would have to close their coal-fired facilities as they reach the end of their commercial life, largely over the next 10 to 15 years. The companies would not be allowed to refurbish the plants to extend their usefulness or replace them with new coal units, unless they include technology to […]
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