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New technology for energy without fuel  

Bangladesh has huge potentials to generate energy without any fuel using a new technology, ‘Heavy Circular Moving Object’s Triggering Energy Conversion’ (HECMOTE), said a leading scientist. “This is a very new technology. This doesn’t require any fuel. It’s a big thing,” prominent scientist Prof Dr M Shamsher Ali told UNB on Friday. engergyProf Ali, also former Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) and ex-President of Bangladesh Science Academy, said proper funding can help scale up the initiative generating over 100 megawatt e...

Smart meter system by Wellington tech to PDB

Wellington technology company Abbey Systems has begun delivery of an $8m project that will supply a smart meter system to the Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB). CFControlrooms r.pngThe project is the second big win for Abbey Systems in Bangladesh, having successfully completed a $6.4m contract to provide a system to remotely monitor and control 34 electricity substations in the Chittagong region awarded in 2011. Managing Director Lester Abbey, who founded the Wellington based company in 1978, says that one ...

IEV signs deal for crude oil facilities project

Singapore's IEV Holdings Limited (the Company, and together with its subsidiaries, IEV or the Group), referred Wednesday to the Media Report and wishes to clarify that its associate company, IEV (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (IEV crude oilMalaysia) has signed a Technical and Services Agreement (Agreement) with Emrail Sdn Bhd (Emrail) and Ofnir Engineering Sdn Bhd (Ofnir) (collectively, the Parties) in respect of a crude oil handling facilities project in Bangladesh (the Project). IEV wishes to further clarify that the Parties have not been awarded the Project a...

Japan’s Kobe restaurant forays into Bangladesh    

Japanese company Shishikura Ltd is set to open a restaurant in Dhaka with its speciality, Kobe beef, on December 15, a top official said. Called Kobe Steak and Seafood, the restaurant will be located in Banani, said Koki Mizutani, managing director of Leo Global Ltd, a locally formed company that will run the business here. Bangladesh is the first country where Shishikura is opening a branch outside Japan, Mizutani told The Daily Star on Tuesday. kobe Shishikura is a 230-year-old family business operating in restaurants, convenient retail stores and supe...

FG urged to adopt Bangladesh model on renewable energy

The Deputy Managing Director of Infrastructure Development Company Limited of Bangladesh, Mr. Sahabuddin Formanul Islam, has urged Nigeria to set up energy bank as part of the initiative to provide fund for the development of the electricity sector of the economy. Part of the fund, he said, would be used to support the building of renewable energy to boost the development of the rural sector of Nigerian economy. Solar LightMr Formanul Islam who spoke to Daily Independent in an interview on the sideline of West Africa Power Convention ...

Nov blackout: Significance for energy cooperation in SA

On the 1st of November 2014, Bangladesh suffered an electricity blackout that lasted 10 hours, making it one of the worst power failures in the country’s history. Although the current government has made significant improvements in the generation of electricity in recent years, which has increased from 4,130 MW in 2007 to 8,525 MW in 2013 ,1 this was the fourth blackout since 20032 and load shedding is still a reality3 with electricity shortages of up to 1000 MW in the peak summer season4 . Dhaka-BangladeshHowever, ...
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