The government has set a target to generate 28,000 megawatt (MW) electricity and construct 23,000 circuit kilometre transmission lines across the country by 2023.
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid gave the information on Tuesday while talking to BSS in Dhaka.
The junior minister said the power generation capacity has stood at 21,169MW bringing over 93 per cent people under electricity coverage.
"The government also installed 102 power plants after 2009," Nasrul said.
He said there were only 27 plants and total generation capacity was 4,942 MW when Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took office in 2009,
According to power ministry, the government is also implementing a master-plan to generate 24,000-MW electricity by 2021, 40,000-MW by 2030 and 60,000-MW by 2041.
The state minister said the construction work of two FSRU (Floating Storage Re-gasification Unit) having 7.5 million tonnes Liquefied Natural Gas capacity per year is going on alongside land based (LNG) terminals aimed at ensuring energy security for the country.
Meanwhile, the government has also added LNG to the national grid and initiative is underway to bring more LNG from different countries.
Currently, the number of power consumers rose to 37.5 million, which was only 18.0 million in 2009 and per capita electricity generation is now 464 kWh.
The annual development programme (ADP) allocation for power and energy ministry is Taka 256.95 billion for 2018-19 fiscals, the ministry sources added.
Meanwhile, according to UNB, the Nasrul Hamid informed the parliament on Tuesday that the government has started analysing data as part of its oil and gas exploration programme after settling the maritime boundary disputes with India and Myanmar.
He said work on oil and gas exploration started in four blocks in deep and sallow sea under four Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) with five companies.
The state minister also said some seismic surveys have already been finished.
Explorers use seismic surveys to produce detailed images of local geology to determine the location and size of possible oil and gas reservoirs, he said.
