Bangladesh

gas tariff

Bangladesh gas tariff spike pushes up costs for new industries

Bangladesh’s energy regulator has raised the gas tariff for new industries and captive power plants, in spite of pushback from businesses and rights groups.

Asian Development Bank

Asian Development Bank urged to halt fossil fuel finance in Bangladesh

As the Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting unfolds this week in Milan, there are calls for the bank to stop financing fossil fuels in Bangladesh.

clean energy finance

Bangladesh clean energy finance drive comes with challenges

There are renewed calls for Bangladesh to pivot away from over-reliance on fossil fuel imports, which would mean more — at times, challenging — clean energy finance.

Petrobangla

Petrobangla, private firms cancel RLNG imports from India

State-run Petrobangla sent letters to all the concerned companies in India and Bangladesh over the cancelled negotiations.

Petrobangla

Bangladeshi state-run Petrobangla scraps LNG deals

Bangladesh’s interim government has already scrapped several Petrobangla LNG deals, sources told Gas Outlook.

BPDB

More than 30 Bangladesh renewables projects stall at BPDB signing stage

Bangladesh’s over-reliance on fossil fuel imports will escalate further if dozens of renewable project PPAs are not signed quickly with the BPDB, sources say.

interim government

Bangladesh interim government makes sweeping energy sector changes

Major changes made by Bangladesh’s new interim government have put at risk several multi-billion dollar energy deals and projects that were in the pipeline.

cyclone remal

Cyclone Remal snuffs out Bangladesh LNG operations

Since late May when Cyclone Remal hit, some of Bangladesh’s key LNG facilities have been out of operation.

GAIL

India to make LNG history with GAIL, H-Energy supply deals

India is set to become the first country in the world to export LNG in re-gasified form through cross-country pipelines as GAIL and H-Energy close in on Bangladesh supply deals.

heatwave

Record heatwave in Bangladesh make LNG, power generation surge

Bangladesh recently generated its record highest volume of electricity and re-gasified maximum LNG to meet sweltering temperature demands during heatwaves.