Bangladesh’s electricity generation crosses 10,000MW for first time

[Homo Sapiens]

pls also share the source of your claim highlighted above

Just google the load shedding news in both country in the last one year, you will get an impression.In urban areas of BD, load shedding is minimal.In rural areas, no more than 2-3 hours average, in some place less than this and some places more.For Pakistan, even Karachi experience 8-12 hours load shedding.
Parts of Karachi facing load-shedding of upto 12 hours
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1526784/parts-karachi-facing-load-shedding-upto-12-hours/

and from your Logic Canada and Russia Electricity consumption should be lowest since they hardly get any summer

Severe winter requires actually more electricity than hot summer. In those countries, central heating is the compulsory part of the home.And it requires a lot of electricity.With winter running for 6-8 months, you can guess the amount of electricity requirement to warm the house in a single year.Second biggest is the extensive use of AC in hot summer countries.You should compare per capita electricity consumption figure for Singapore with those of Canada, Norway, Saudi Arabia UAE. All of these countries are highly developed, but see Singapore's electricity consumption vary how much with other countries in the list.A hint: Singapore is called perpetual spring country.

In BD, Central heating is not required and uses of AC also less compared to very hot summer country like Pakistan.

 

[gslv mk3]

Production capacity is 16,000MW.Actual production is 10,000 MW

Now, does it looks BD is very much behind India in electricity consumption by common people? Not obviously.

@Śakra

Energy consumption is measured in GWh, not in MWs.

India 1,400,800
Pakistan 115,400
Bangladesh 67,400

That's over 20 times...

you think, Sri Lanka has less household electrification or less developed country than India? Absolutely not, Indian high power consumption is related to other factors

There is something called industry, heard of that ?

BD has 3 huge power plants in construction right now.
By 2030 I think BD will narrow this lead India has.

Everything will be great in the year 2030...

 

[Homo Sapiens]

India 1,400,800
Pakistan 115,400
Bangladesh 67,400

That's over 20 times...

This is few years old data. In 2017-2018, it has come down to 16 times.

 

[gslv mk3]

This is few years old data. In 2017-2018, it has come down to 16 times.

It's 2016 data. Keep the speculation to yourself.

 

[TopCat]

@Śakra

Energy consumption is measured in GWh, not in MWs.

India 1,400,800
Pakistan 115,400
Bangladesh 67,400

that's how it is billed. Capacity is more important than the actual consumption.

I told you our industries are mostly run by gas fired captive power plant. So, big consumers are actually not in the loop.

 

[gslv mk3]

that's how it is billed. Capacity is more important than the actual consumption.

Nopes... If you are comparing energy consumption, unit is GWh.

I told you our industries are mostly run by gas fired captive power plant. So, big consumers are actually not in the loop.

I never added captive power plants in my calculation...

The installed captive power generation capacity (above 1 MW capacity) in the industries is 50,289 MW as on 31 March 2017

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India

 

[usman012]

Do not compare yourself with Bangladesh .Compare yourself with China in terms of potential and in that capacity , you are far behind China .Learn to acknowledge others achievements and give up this hatred policy .

 

[UKBengali]

so that "completely new level" of industrialization doesn't need basics like electricity?

FYI Pakistan total capacity was more then 25K and added more than 10K in last 4 years cz of demand........

3 massive GW power stations are currently being built with the first one coming online next year.
More are being planned right now.

 

[Tanveer666]

Only 10,000 MW?!?! We produce over 300,000 MW! No wonder bangler has 12-15 hr blackouts daily.

india, being the larger country with a larger population , produces more energy.

ain't that a surprise.

https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/201...ity-generation-crosses-10000mw-for-first-time

Bangladesh’s electricity generation crosses 10,000MW for first time
Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com


Published: 2018-03-20 09:29:47.0 BdST Updated: 2018-03-20 09:29:47.0 BdST

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Power generation crossed a milestone of 10,000 megawatts for the first time in Bangladesh.









The Power Development Board or PDB said Bangladesh generated 10,084MW of electricity around 7pm on Monday.

“Power generation has been increasing for the last few days,” said PDB spokesman Md Saiful Islam.

The demand for power generation was also 10,000 MW at that point in time.

Although electricity generation reached its peak, parts of in the capital experienced load shedding in the afternoon as demand surged.

“This could be load shedding, or technical glitch that caused power failure during that time,” said Islam.

However, a report by the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh said there has been no load shedding at 2pm on Monday when electricity generation was 9,938MW.

Electricity generation reached 9,715MW on March 15, and gradually increased to 10,000 MW.

The previous highest production of power was 9,471MW generated at 10pm on May 28, 2017.

The number of power plants increased to 108 from 27 when the ruling Awami League government came into power in 2009.

More power plants hiked the power generation capacity to 15,351MW from 4,942MW.

At least 80 percent of the population is now under electricity coverage, rising from 47 percent in 2009

didn't we achieve 10GW power production a couple of years back? I very clearly remember they held a lavish lighting show for that occasion? was that a lie?

 

[Homo Sapiens]

didn't we achieve 10GW power production a couple of years back? I very clearly remember they held a lavish lighting show for that occasion? was that a lie?

That was installed/production capacity milestone. Now, actual production is 10k MW and production capacity is 16k MW. Also read post no. 5 and 13, there I have discussed why current 10k is different from that 10k we achieved few years earlier.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Only 10,000 MW?!?! We produce over 300,000 MW! No wonder bangler has 12-15 hr blackouts daily.

There’s no 12-15 hr blackout anymore. Solar power and other renewable sources aren’t counted in national grid.

Weren’t there a big celebration a few years back for reaching 10000 MW production capacity!?

 

[Tanveer666]

There’s no 12-15 hr blackout anymore. Solar power and other renewable sources aren’t counted in national grid.

Weren’t there a big celebration a few years back for reaching 10000 MW production capacity!?

apparently 10GW was the 'installed capacity', today we have reached the 10GW 'production' milestone.

 

[protest]

@Śakra

Energy consumption is measured in GWh, not in MWs.

India 1,400,800
Pakistan 115,400
Bangladesh 67,400

That's over 20 times...



There is something called industry, heard of that ?



Everything will be great in the year 2030...

Bangladeshis have wild tendency to make assumptions until someone shows them the mirror.

 

[bluesky]

apparently 10GW was the 'installed capacity', today we have reached the 10GW 'production' milestone.

Not exactly. 16,000 mW is the installed capacity and 10,000 mW is the actual production that has been achieved recently. As usual, Shonar Bangla people are weak at maintaining the health of their power houses. That is why the actual production is so low.

Some people are correctly saying of kWh, mWh and gWh (giga watt hour). If the power houses with a total 10,000 mW production capacity run for, say, 10 hours, the production is (10,000 x 10h) = 100,000 mWh.

 

[Bilal9]

Good work bro !

Pakistan I'm sure crossed this many years ago, given your large area. Total power generation in Pakistan has topped 15,000 MW while installed capacity is 28,000 MW in late 2017.

https://timesofislamabad.com/20-Nov-2017/pakistan-electricity-installed-capacity-reaches-28-238-mw

Of course there are plenty of hydro power possibilities in Pakistan. Which we lack.

But given the amount of power projects in the pipeline including nuclear power, power generation in Bangladesh will top 20,000 MW in about three/four years.

Do not compare yourself with Bangladesh .Compare yourself with China in terms of potential and in that capacity , you are far behind China .Learn to acknowledge others achievements and give up this hatred policy .

You spoke my mind brother....

Lets be serious, shall we?
If you have less load-shedding then why this?
Textiles on the move: from Pakistan to Bangladesh
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-p...-pakistan-to-bangladesh-idUKTRE77T11020110830


Textile industry: ‘Give me electricity or I will move to Bangladesh’
https://tribune.com.pk/story/233698...-me-electricity-or-i-will-move-to-bangladesh/


You know I really wonder many things about Pakistan........they they say Pakistan is much ahead in industrial sector compared to Bangladesh......then what does Pakistan make? How much is their export? They make fun of Bangladesh because garments is our major export item......and a surprise is Textile is Pakistan's main export item as well.....I don't really understand you guys..

Pakistan's textile exports are cotton sheeting in the form of towels, bedsheets, drapery and home textiles. A large percentage of their raw cotton and broad-loom cotton fabrics are exported to Bangladesh to add value as garments and woven/knit apparel, which sells for much higher price than Pakistanis can get for their wholesale products.

Pakistani apparel-makers cannot compete with Bangladeshi large-scale factories, their labor cost is way higher.

A large percentage of the Pakistani-owned textile mills in Bangladesh make nothing but towels, drapery and bed-sheet.