A brief review on renewable and sustainable energy resources in Bangladesh

Abstract

The power sector in Bangladesh is dependent on fossil fuels like natural gas, furnace oil, diesel, and coal. In the fiscal year 2019-20, electricity generated in Bangladesh from natural gas about 71.82%, from furnace oil about 13.25%, from diesel about 0.20%, from coal about 4.16%, from renewable energy sources about 1.23%. Imported from the nearest country by having been connected to a grid line was about 9.34% of electricity within this year. A new record for the Bangladesh the power plants produced 12,893-MW (MW) electricity on 29 May 2019, the record-breaking generation took place against the forecasted demand of 14,796 MW. Generally, in the summer season, produced electricity cannot fulfill the country's demand as a barrier for industrial production and socio-economic infrastructure development. Overcome these problems the renewable energy sources can be more helpful for the electricity generation in Bangladesh. The government encourages people in rural areas to using renewable energy-based electricity like solar energy. Within the year 2021, they are planning to generate 10% of electricity from renewable energy sources. However, they have no success to generate a significant amount of total electricity from renewable energy sources in 2020. Herein, this review represents the present status, prospects, and update information about the renewable and sustainable energy source in Bangladesh. The review also discussed to provide the guideline for the government would successfully end their plan. © 2021 The Authors