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you are watching our special series Shonaar bangla
and this is Episode 16
in Todays video we will discuss the power crisis of bangladesh
and installed capacity of bangladesh
and provide info about Large Power plants being constructed in Bangladesh
and will also see future projections of Bangladesh Power Generation
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in the recent decade bangladesh's power generation capacity has increased rapidly
it was 7000MW in 2010 and by 2017 it became 16000MW
but still bangladesh needs more power
the huge reason behind this is
if we look at the power percapita consumption of bangladesh
then it is below 1000kWH
while it should be atleast greater than 3000kWh
then only Bangladesh will have stable electricity in houses
currently 4-6 hours of power outage is seen in Bangladesh in rural areas in peak hours
in 2010 Bangladesh had a coverage of 45% of electricity
and now in 2018 it has increased to more than 80%
and the govt has planned to make it 100% before 2020
and for this Bangladesh needs to generate more electricity
and the next big reason is 100 Economy zones developed by Bangladesh by 2030
to build and run these lot of electricity will be needed
and many industrial zones will also be built in this
BEZA is responsible for building all these
we have already produced a video on Special Economic Zones
you can watch by clicking on the 'i' button
these are the reasons for electricity generation in bangladesh
and the Bangladesh Power Development Board is working fast to increase the power in BD
and due to better foreign policies
bangladesh is being helped by India, China, Japan to increase power capacity
now lets see the power plants which can resolve bangladesh's power issues
Bangladesh produces more than 50% power from natural gas
but now these reserves are ending
this is the reason Bangladesh is exploring other options for power
and has started to build coal power plants
from 2015-2017, 27 new coal power plant works have been initiated
and by 2021 bangladesh wants to generate a total power of 24000MW
only 2% power is produced by coal in BD
and now it is intended to bring this to more than 50%
By 2030 BD's total power generation will be 40000MW
and by 2040 it will be 60000 MW
and Bangladesh's power Board is working hard to achieve this
new options are being explored to increase power generation cpacity
and INDIA, China, Japan are helping BD for this
BD and china made an agreement in 2016
regarding coal power plants
The largest Coal power plant is being built in Chittagong
which is also known as Banshkali power station
its cost is estimated as 2.5 B dollars
its being constructed by S alam group and  Shandong Electric Power Construction
it will be completed by 2020
and will produce 1.2GW of energy
another agreement is made between china and BD for patuakhali plant
its cost is estimated as 2B dollars
this is being constructed by Rural Power Company Limited
and  NORINCO International Cooperation Ltd
it will also be completed by 2020
and will produce 1320MW of energy
the next coal power plant is Payra coal fired power plant
its between  China power company Ltd., and Bangladesh
it costs 1.5B dollar and has a capacity of 1200MW
in 2018 may another agreement is made between BD and China
for another coal power plant
it will be built on Maheshkali Island which is in Cox Bazar
its estimated cost is 2B dollar
and capacity of 1320MW
around half of the coal plants being built in Bangladesh are built by china
and china promises that all the plants will be clean coal plants
Japan is also building 6 huge projects in Bangladesh
in which come Dhaka Metro Rail, matarbari port and matarbari coal power plant
its cost is 660M dollars
and can generate 1100MW of energy
it will be completed by 2024
India is also building a power plant called Rampal coal power plant
it is an agreement between India's NTPC and Bangladesh Power Development Ltd
Its being built by Bangladesh India friendship power corporation ltd
it will be completed by 2020
and it will generate 1300MW of Electricity
but this power plant has been protested the most
because 9km away from this the world's largest mangrove forest is located
and it can be at risk
apart from this india's company Adani Group is building the biggest of its power plant yet
after completion of this plant the electricity will be exported to Bangladesh
it can generate 1600MW
the largest yet power plant of Bangladesh Roppur NPP is being built in Roppur
it will have a total capacity of 2.4GW
and estimated cost is 12B $
and is completely funded by Russia
and is constructed by Russia's rosatom state corporation
India is also helping Russia and Bangladesh with some non critical works
by 2023 its phase 1 will be completed and will generate 1.2GW of energy
and by 2024 roppur npp will be completed
and then will produce 2.4GW of electricity
we already did a video on Roppur NPP too, Please check that out for more details
these were some major power plants being built in Bnagladesh
if all of these complete on time
then by 2021 Bangladesh will produce more than 24000MW
and by 2024 it will reach 30000MW
and the issues with electricity in Bangladesh can be resolved  by 2021
its doubtless that Bangladeshi govt is working hard to increase the power generation capacity
but it is also facing lot of criticism and
as all the power plants are of coal
and the opposition thinks that the environment will be polluted with this
even protests are being made
and as a reply bangladeshi govt said that
we are worlds most densely populated country
and solar power plants need a lot of land which is quiet difficult to find in bangladesh
the great thing is Individuals in bangladesh are utilizing solar panels
till now more than 4Million households are using solar panels on houses
that is more than 2Cr people are producing and consuming electricity individually
this amounts to 14% of bangladesh's population
and BD is worlds largest country in solar home systems
and the next target is to increase solar household from 4.2M to 6M
and world bank is helping Bangladesh in this
and recently world bank has announced 55M dollar funding for this
apart from this to increase electricity efficiency
and to expand the national grid system
world bank has provided 560M dollar loan
to sum up the entire video
then we can see that Bangladesh is increasing power generation capacity rapidly
if BD reaches capacity of >30000MW by 2030
then the domestic demand for electricity will be met and sufficed
and electricity can also be then distributed to SEZ and Industrial Zones
but the biggest issue that remains is the environment
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