Alternative energy resources in Bangladesh and future prospect

Ferdous Ahmed, Abul Quasem Al Amin, M. Hasanuzzaman and R. Saidur
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 25, issue C, 698-707

Abstract: Present energy scenario, alternative energy resources and future prospect in Bangladesh have been reviewed comprehensively and presented in this paper. This work compiles latest literatures in terms of thesis, journal articles, conference proceedings, web materials, reports, books, handbooks on energy and renewable energy resources in Bangladesh. Deficiency in the energy sector is a major problem in Bangladesh, which hinders the smooth economic development workflows. Being the eighth most populated country in the world, Bangladesh is one of the most electricity deprived nations with a total electricity generation of only 5000MW. Thus, Bangladesh is facing difficulty to achieve an overall sustained progress in the economy due to the lack of a sound energy security. In this context, alternatives of conventional energy sources, renewable energy resources can be the sustainable solution for the energy security. This study has discovered the factors that are useful to lessen the existing power supply crisis and summarized the current energy scenario, lack of infrastructure and conventional energy sources to promote the renewable energy sources to fulfill the power demand in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Alternative energy sources; Energy scenario; Renewable energy; Bangladesh (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.05.008

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