Bangladesh’s Power Pursuit: Importing 9,000MW Electricity from Neighbors

Dhaka. State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has said that Bangladesh and India have a huge opportunity to work together for the development of the power and energy sector.

“We want to import 9,000MW of electricity from the neighboring countries.  The process to import hydro-electricity from Nepal and Bhutan has made a good advance,” Nasrul told Indian High Commission in Bangladesh Pranay Verma when he called on him at his office in the ministry.

He also informed the Indian envoy a deal is likely to be signed next month to import 40MW of hydro-power from Nepal.

He said that the import of 500MW of electricity from Nepal through Indian company GMR is almost final while import of renewable energy is also progressing. The import and export from Meghalaya, Tripura or Assam can be discussed.

“We want to increase the connectivity with neighboring countries including India. We need Indian cooperation.”

Nasrul Hamid said that power trade will get momentum if there is a dedicated line from Nepal to Bangladesh.

Import of hydropower from Nepal to Bangladesh is ongoing, he said, adding India is also importing about 600MW of electricity from Nepal.

Source : Dhaka Tribune