Smart power grid ‘to help fight climate change’

A seminar highlighting the smart grid solution and empowering the future of power distribution was held in Dhaka recently to get more innovative ideas for accelerating the "Smart Grid" project.

Under the 'Construction and Augmentation of Substation Installation of Capacitor Bank and Introduction of Smart Grid in Power System under DPDC Areas (CSCSG Project)' initiated by Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) and co-funded by the European Union (EU) and AFD, the seminar was held to discover the "endless possibilities" of smarter energy future, reports UNB.

The seminar titled "Exploring Smart Grids, Shaping the Future of Sustainable Energy" was held at the University of Asia Pacific (UAP) and was organised by DPDC, said a media release on Sunday.

Power Factor Improvement and Smart Grid under Dhaka Power Development Company (DPDC) is a blended finance project where an EU grant is combined with a soft loan from AFD, for a total of EUR 112 million, it said.

The seminar was told that a total of 1,141,000 people will benefit from a significant improvement in the quality of electricity service under the first-ever smart grid project in Bangladesh, which is expected to help fight climate change by preventing an accumulated 104,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.

Abdul Alim, Project Director, Prof Dr Kamrul Ahsan VC, University of Asia Pacific (UAP), Morshed Alam Khan, Executive Director (Engineering) of Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) and Md Tariqul Hoque, Chief Engineer of DPDC, among others, spoke at the seminar.