UNB, Dhaka :
Energy experts of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA), a leading environmental group, here on Saturday said the target to generate 50 percent power from coal-fired plants is a wrong strategy of the government to meet future electricity demand.
Releasing a study findings, titled ‘Bangladesh Electricity Generation: A Diverse, Secure and
Deflationary Way Forward’, in a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club,the BAPA leaders and other energy experts said the government needs to focus on renewable energy rather than coal-fired plants in power generation.
US-based research organisation Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis conducted the study. BAPA leader Sharif Jamil presented the study findings.
Energy expert and Dhaka University teacher Prof Badrul Imam said the government should take a policy to gradually reduce dependence on imported primary fuels like coal and liuefied natural gas (LNG). “The country should explore cheaper options, including solar power and other sources of renewable energy, to meet the future demand,” he said.
Economist and member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port Anu Muhammad said the government should scrap the draft Power System Master Plan-2016 as it focused on import-based fossil fuel for electricity generation which would pose a big threat to the national energy security.
He suggested the government to outline a fresh master plan keeping renewable energy like solar energy in focus for long-term power generation.
Anu Muhammad alleged that corruption in contract-awarding process for IPP solar projects is pushing up the price of solar-run electricity.
“Still, the tariff of solar park projects remained at Tk 12 or more for per unit electricity because of corruption in the process of contract awarding,” he said adding that the price of solar power has been lowered to 2.42 US cents per unit globally which is equivalent to less than Tk 2 per unit.
Anu Mohammad said a long-term plan for electricity generation should be taken considering the interest of people, environment and economy.
Supporting the idea, columnist Syed Abul Maksud said, “We want adequate supply of primary fuel and electricity.”
However, director of Dhaka University’s Institute of Energy Saiful Huq said that the current situation of technological advancement and the country’s infrastructures do not allow to solely depending on renewable energy.
Energy experts of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon (BAPA), a leading environmental group, here on Saturday said the target to generate 50 percent power from coal-fired plants is a wrong strategy of the government to meet future electricity demand.
Releasing a study findings, titled ‘Bangladesh Electricity Generation: A Diverse, Secure and
Deflationary Way Forward’, in a press conference at the Jatiya Press Club,the BAPA leaders and other energy experts said the government needs to focus on renewable energy rather than coal-fired plants in power generation.
US-based research organisation Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis conducted the study. BAPA leader Sharif Jamil presented the study findings.
Energy expert and Dhaka University teacher Prof Badrul Imam said the government should take a policy to gradually reduce dependence on imported primary fuels like coal and liuefied natural gas (LNG). “The country should explore cheaper options, including solar power and other sources of renewable energy, to meet the future demand,” he said.
Economist and member secretary of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port Anu Muhammad said the government should scrap the draft Power System Master Plan-2016 as it focused on import-based fossil fuel for electricity generation which would pose a big threat to the national energy security.
He suggested the government to outline a fresh master plan keeping renewable energy like solar energy in focus for long-term power generation.
Anu Muhammad alleged that corruption in contract-awarding process for IPP solar projects is pushing up the price of solar-run electricity.
“Still, the tariff of solar park projects remained at Tk 12 or more for per unit electricity because of corruption in the process of contract awarding,” he said adding that the price of solar power has been lowered to 2.42 US cents per unit globally which is equivalent to less than Tk 2 per unit.
Anu Mohammad said a long-term plan for electricity generation should be taken considering the interest of people, environment and economy.
Supporting the idea, columnist Syed Abul Maksud said, “We want adequate supply of primary fuel and electricity.”
However, director of Dhaka University’s Institute of Energy Saiful Huq said that the current situation of technological advancement and the country’s infrastructures do not allow to solely depending on renewable energy.
