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Bangladesh has enormous potentials to generate surplus electricity if it can take up a sustainable energy programme, experts told a workshop in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.
Sustainable energy unit of the power division and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organised the workshop at a city hotel for formulating a sustainable energy programme.
State Minister for Power Iqbal Hassan Mahmood addressed the workshop as the chief guest. The UN resident coordinator in Bangladesh and the UNDP resident representative Jorgen Lissner and planning commission secretary Akhter Hussain Khan also spoke on the occasion.
BD Rahmatullah, director of the power cell and sustainable energy unit of the power division, Kamal Rijal, adviser of the sustainable energy policy, energy and environment practice of the UNDP regional centre in Bangkok, Subir Nathak, leader of the programme formulation team of the sustainable energy unit and Shireen Kamal Sayeed, assistant resident representative of the UNDP, Dhaka delivered their presentations at the workshop.
In his presentation, Rahmatullah said the power shortfall in Bangladesh now ranges from 300 MW to 500 MW as the country generates 3500-3900 MW of power against its of 4200 MW.
He pointed out some factors, including system loss and gas-based generation of power (90%) that made the country's power system insecure, resulting in frequent load-shedding during peak hours, low access of people (35%) to electricity use and high rate of power in industries.
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