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Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication

Energy is a key indicator of the nation's overall economic as well as social development. Looking at the present energy demand scenario in Bangladesh, electricity demand has significantly increased over the past years. Most of the Bangladesh's power plants are heavily dependent on expensiv...

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Main Authors: Islam, Md Aminul, Chan, Eng Seng, Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin, Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain, Moniruzzaman, Md., Mridha, Moniruzzaman
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Published: Elsevier 2014
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spelling my.upm.eprints.374462016-11-28T08:05:14Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37446/ Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication Islam, Md Aminul Chan, Eng Seng Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain Moniruzzaman, Md. Mridha, Moniruzzaman Energy is a key indicator of the nation's overall economic as well as social development. Looking at the present energy demand scenario in Bangladesh, electricity demand has significantly increased over the past years. Most of the Bangladesh's power plants are heavily dependent on expensive imported fossil fuel energy resources. Thus, the power failure has become an acute problem for the country and adversely affects the socio-economic development of the country. Consequently, the shortage and constraint in availability of fossil fuels appeal to boost up the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh in order to bring down the gap between demand and supply. Hence, decisive steps to reform the power sector with a mandate to oversee these sectors urgently need to overcome current energy crisis facing in the country. In this paper, efforts have been made to summarize the availability, current status, strategies, perspectives, promotion policies, major achievements and future potential of energy options in Bangladesh. Elsevier 2014-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37446/1/Energy%20security%20in%20Bangladesh%20perspective.pdf Islam, Md Aminul and Chan, Eng Seng and Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin and Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain and Moniruzzaman, Md. and Mridha, Moniruzzaman (2014) Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 32. pp. 154-171. ISSN 1364-0321; ESSN: 1879-0690 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211400032X 10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.021
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description Energy is a key indicator of the nation's overall economic as well as social development. Looking at the present energy demand scenario in Bangladesh, electricity demand has significantly increased over the past years. Most of the Bangladesh's power plants are heavily dependent on expensive imported fossil fuel energy resources. Thus, the power failure has become an acute problem for the country and adversely affects the socio-economic development of the country. Consequently, the shortage and constraint in availability of fossil fuels appeal to boost up the renewable energy sector in Bangladesh in order to bring down the gap between demand and supply. Hence, decisive steps to reform the power sector with a mandate to oversee these sectors urgently need to overcome current energy crisis facing in the country. In this paper, efforts have been made to summarize the availability, current status, strategies, perspectives, promotion policies, major achievements and future potential of energy options in Bangladesh.
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author Islam, Md Aminul
Chan, Eng Seng
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain
Moniruzzaman, Md.
Mridha, Moniruzzaman
spellingShingle Islam, Md Aminul
Chan, Eng Seng
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain
Moniruzzaman, Md.
Mridha, Moniruzzaman
Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
author_facet Islam, Md Aminul
Chan, Eng Seng
Yap, Taufiq Yun Hin
Mondal, Md. Alam Hossain
Moniruzzaman, Md.
Mridha, Moniruzzaman
author_sort Islam, Md Aminul
title Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
title_short Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
title_full Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
title_fullStr Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
title_full_unstemmed Energy security in Bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
title_sort energy security in bangladesh perspective—an assessment and implication
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37446/1/Energy%20security%20in%20Bangladesh%20perspective.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37446/
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136403211400032X
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