Industrial gas supply to up in a year: Minister
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State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid yesterday said gas supply to industries will increase within one year, reports UNB. He made the remarks while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 3-day international expo on green energy that began at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the capital. We started giving new gas connection to industries. It will gradually increase. We hope the gas supply to industries will be better in one year, he also said.
The function was also addressed, among others, by chairman of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (Sreda) Anwarul Islam Sikder, Bangladesh Bank executive director Nowshad Ali Chowdhury, BIFFL managing director Formanul Islam and green energy consultant Ananta Ahmed. Urging the industrialists to relocate their industries to the government-built economic zones, the state minister said the zones will ensure uninterrupted power and gas supply to industries.
He also suggested the industries having captive power plants to go for co-generation to increase efficiency of their energy generation and its use.
If co-generation is introduced in the captive power plants, their efficiency will go up to 60 per cent from existing 20 per cent, he added.
Pointing to the National Committees ongoing long march programmne against the governments move for setting up 1320 MW coal-fired power plant at Rampal near Sundarbans forest, he said this project will not be harmful for Sundarbans as it will constructed 17 km off the forest.
Nasrul Hamid said the whole world is now thinking of increasing their renewable energy stake in power generation considering the future sustainable development.
Many countries are planning to increase the renewable energys stake to over 50 per cent from the present rate of 10-15 per cent. So, we will have to be forward looking in case of green energy, he said.
