BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES IN BANGLADESH : CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Author: A.B.M. Ziaur Rahman

DOI Link: DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2004v25n2a3

ABSTRACT

Electricity for all of the population by 2020 is a constitutional commitment and a vision of the successive governments in Bangladesh. However, the present state of electricity generation. transmission and distribution does not make the vision realisable by 2020. This has resulted in creating social, economical and environmental problems. In this regard, renewable energy supply through off-grid systems can be an appropriate tool for meeting the energy supply in the rural areas of the country. The paper identifies the problems in promoting renewable energy technologies RETs. assesses the potentials of different RETs and discusses their opportunities.