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Energy Challenges for Bangladesh-The Way Forward
Current situation of following energy sectors of Bangladesh:
1) Electricity:The installed generation capacity was about 5719
MW (as on June 2009) from a
meager 88 MW in 1960. Electricity generation grew at about 7% p.
a. during
last fifteen (15) years compared with average annual GDP growth
rate of about
5.5%. Notwithstanding the progress made to date, Bangladesh's
per capita
electricity generation of 182 kWh p.a. is still among the lowest
in the world.
About 47% of the populations have access to electricity, which
is also low
compared to many developing countries. This implies that there
is scope for
significant growth in power sector. Given the huge investment
requirement for
power development in the country, Bangladesh would be looking
forward tovarious sources of finance. The Government has already
opened the power
sector for private investment and "The Private Sector Power
Generation Policy"
has been formulated in 1996. The table bellow depicts power
sector at a glance.
Power Sector at a glance (As on June 2009)
Generation
Installed Capacity
(a) BPDB
(b) IPP & Mixed Sector Total
Total
3,812 MW
1,907 MW
5,719 MWMaximum Demand Served
Total
Net Energy Generation
4,162 MW
26,415 MkWh
Transmission
Transmission Line
230 kV
132 kVTotal 8,253 Ckt km
Capacity of Grid S/S
400 KV & 230 kV
132 kV
5,850 MVA
7,485 MVA
Distribution
Distribution Line
(33 kV, 11 kV & 0.4 kV) 2,83,494 km
Total no. of Consumers 11.25 Million
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Total no. of Agricultural
Consumers 2 Lac
Total no. of Village Electrified 51,136
Access to Electricity 47%
Per Capita Generation 182 kWh
System Loss (T&D) 16.85%
Demand Vs. Supply of electricity on Thursday July 29, 2010:
SL Criteria MW
1 Maximum Demand (National,
From existing Coverage)
5050
2 Maximum Generation (National) 4116
3 Shortage 934
Area wise Demand and Load-Shed were:
SL Area Demand (MW) Load Shed (MW)
1 Dhaka 1825 220
2 Chittagong 485 78
3 Khulna 457 71
4 Rajshahi 403 705 Comilla 305 41
6 Mymensingh 203 40
7 Sylhet 235 0
8 Barisal 89 10
9 Rangpur 201 26
Total 4203 556
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2) Gas:
Demand and supply of Gas as on July 26, 2010
SL Criteria MMCFD1 Maximum Demand 2394
2 Maximum Supply 1972
3 Shortage 422
Company and Field wise Gas Production as on July 26, 2010
SL Company Gas Fields No. of
Producing
Wells
Production
Capacity
Production
1 BGFCL TitasBakhrabad
Habiganj
Narsingdi
Meghna
144
9
2
0
42034
240
35
0
410.234.1
259.0
32.3
0
2 SGFL Sylhet
Kailastila # 1
Kailastila # 2
Rashidpur
Bianebazar
1
2
4
5
2
2
23
74
53
18
11.5
18.9
67.6
48.6
14.03 BAPEX Salda
Fenchuganj
Shahbazpur
2
2
1
11
32
15
7.4
23.3
9.4
4 TNCs:
CAIRN
CHEVRON
NIKO
TULLOW
Sangu
Jalalabad
Maulavibazar
Bibiyana
Feni
Bangura
6
4
4
12
1
4
35
230
75
600
3
100
29.4
142.2
56.5
684.8
0
120.5
Total 79 2000 1969.8
