November 14 2009

Bangladesh: Crisis management stressed to solve energy crunch

State Minister for Energy, Power and Mineral Resources Enamul Haque said Saturday Bangladesh has to take a raft of pragmatic programmes to solve its nagging energy crisis.
"We have to put emphasis on crisis management side by side with the implementation of short, mid and long-term initiatives to solve the acute crisis," he said at a seminar in the city.

Mechanical Engineering Divisional Committee of Engineers Institution of Bangladesh organised the seminar styled 'Gas Reserve and its Optimum Utilisation' at the institution with its president Dr Eng SM Nazrul Islam in the chair.

Dominican Republic: Energy Crisis Continues

With less than three months on the job as the Vice-President for the Dominican Corporation of State Electric Companies [es] (CDEEE for its initials in Spanish), businessman Celso Marranzini has seen the need to look for help outside of the country to resolve the serious energy problem, which has recently reached critical levels.

A delegation headed by Marranzini traveled to South Korea to seek technical assistance to help solve the energy problem [es], in which half of the electrical plants have been out of service under the argument that they are under maintenance. However, this has resulted in an energy deficit reaching 600 Megawatts, in which Dominicans have been under 9-10 hours of power outages per day.

India: Thefts worsen power struggle

Four electrical engineers walk a grimy lane through a labyrinth of decaying residential buildings, and softly knock on a door.

“This is a power raid, Mr Uttam Chand,” they inform the man who answers, flashing their badges. He is asked to step aside and offer no resistance.

While one engineer inspects the meter, another scrutinises the latest electricity bill and two rush to the attic to investigate a spider’s web of power cables dangling from the roof.

“Your meter is tampered,” declares Vikrant Seth, the engineer leading the raid. “It shows a low energy reading despite strong consumption.”