Bangladesh breaks power generation record set only a day before

Bangladesh has yet again generated record power in a day.

Power Development Board (PDB) spokesman Saiful Hasan Chowdhury said the power plants fed the national grid 7,681 MW at 7:30pm on Tuesday.

 

Only a day earlier, the power plants generated 7,658 MW.

 

PDB estimated that Wednesday’s power generation would be 7,850 MW against a demand of 7,700 MW, including 465 MW to be imported from India.

 

Bangladesh’s capability to generate power has increased threefold to 11,000 MW in the six years of the Awami League’s two consecutive terms.

 

Power generation has also nearly doubled. On Sep 19, 2008, the highest power generation was 4,036 MW.

 

The government is working on setting up a nuclear power plant and a base load power plant to upgrade Bangladesh to a middle-income country within 2021.