Dhaka, Feb. 11 -- Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) hopes to meet the expected high demand of power in the upcoming summer with capacity utilisation of local gas-based power plants, along with using coal-fired electricity from local and imported sources.

"We hope to get 7,000 MW of electricity from gas-fired power plants, 5,000 MW from local coal-fired plants, and 2,600 MW from imported electricity from India (including about 1,500 MW from the Adani Group)," a senior official of the state-owned agency told UNB on Tuesday.

Speaking on condition of anonymity the official informed that the remaining portion of the demand will be met from furnace oil-based power plants.

Last week Energy Adviser Fouzul Kabir Khan said electricity de...