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Electricity demand may rise to about 17,500 MW this summer: Nasrul

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State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid on Thursday said the demand for electricity may rise to about 17,500 MW in the coming summer.

He, however, said that the total power generation capacity now is 29,727 MW including from captive and off-grid renewable energy.

“And the grid-based production capacity is 26,504 MW. Among them, natural gas-based production capacity is 11,350 MW (43 per cent), furnace oil-based 6,492 MW (24 per cent), diesel-based 826 MW (3 per cent), coal-based 4,491 MW (17 per cent), hydro 230 MW (1.0 per cent ), solar power (grid) 459 MW (two per cent) and imported electricity is 2656 MW (10 per cent),” he said.

The state minister said these in Parliament while responding to a written question of AL lawmaker from Chattogram M Abdul Latif.

In the fiscal year 2022-23, he said, against the demand of electricity during summer, the generation on April 19 was 15,648 MW in the peak hours.

Due to reduced demand of electricity in winter, the maximum production of electricity this year has come down to 10,000 to 12,000 MW.

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