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Major Strides: Bangladesh focuses on renewables and grid modernisation

July 16, 2022 | Mega Trends & Analysis

A key focus area for Bangladesh, going forward, is energy transition, for which it is now looking to increase the contribution of renewable energy to the country’s overall electricity generation to around 40 per cent by 2050 from less than 3 per cent now. The country currently has a renewable energy base of a little over 700 MW, the majority of which comes from solar.

Power overcapacity worsening in Bangladesh: Switch in focus from coal and LNG to renewables and grid can address the problem

January 27, 2021 | Opinion & Perspective

Bangladesh’s overall power system utilisation has fallen again in FY2019-20 to just 40%, down from 43% in the prior year. Instead of replacing the coal power projects with LNG, the Bangladesh government should consider using the land set aside for these projects for renewable energy installations. Another key part of a successful response to Bangladesh’s overcapacity problem would be investment in the transmission and distribution system.

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Major Strides: Bangladesh focuses on renewables and grid modernisation

Power overcapacity worsening in Bangladesh: Switch in focus from coal and LNG to renewables and grid can address the problem

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