Dr. Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, the interim Government’s power and energy adviser, predicted that the situation with the supply of electricity would improve in three weeks because the necessary actions were being taken.
The adviser’s comments were made in the context of the nation’s recent increase in load shedding. Officials blame various power plants’ technical issues and inadequate gas supply for the deteriorating state of the power supply.
The adviser pointed to the circumstances and stated that secretaries from the Power and Energy divisions were present during a coordination meeting he had with them.
He announced that the Barapukuria coal-fired power plant, which had three units closed due to technical issues, will shortly start operations, while the Rampal power plant, which had been closed for a technical fault for the past several days, has resumed production.
“Means have been taken to address the issues in the 525 megawatt Barapukuria power plant,” he declared in the ministry’s conference room during a meeting with the Forum for Energy Reporters Bangladesh (FERB) executive committee members.
At the event were executive director Sirajul Islam, chair of the FERB, and other executive members of the organisation.
The Summit Group’s FSRU, or LNG terminal, had its technical issues resolved and was ready to resume production, according to Fouzul Kabir Khan, consultant for road transportation, bridges, and railroads. According to him, importing LNG from overseas will take roughly 20 days, and production at the terminal would then resume.
He added that steps have been made to settle the Adani Group’s outstanding debts to keep getting power from the project.
Meanwhile, it was stated that because power generation from gas-based stations was still below expectations, load shedding has been expanding throughout the nation.
Official sources claim that in order to meet the demand of 15,500 MW, the nation had to endure load shedding of more than 2,000 MW in the last several days. On Wednesday during the day, the amount of load shedding was comparatively smaller, at less than 1,500 MW.
The insufficient supply of gas, according to BPDB officials, had prevented them from producing electricity from their gas-fired power facilities.
The BPDB’s available data indicates that a significant number of plants are experiencing insufficient gas supply, which is preventing 4,169 MW of electricity from being produced. According to the data, the nation produced 2,564 MMCFD of petrol against a demand of almost 4,000 MMCFD.
