Renewable energy scenario in Bangladesh: Opportunities and challenges

Economic growth of a country is directly linked to energy growth of the country. Bangladesh despite having the enormous energy resources is facing acute shortage of Electricity. This paper reviews the renewable energy scenario of Bangladesh and extrapolates the future developments keeping in view the consumption, production and supply of power. Most of the power generation in Bangladesh is carried out by conventional energy sources like coal, diesel and natural gas. The energy shortage of Bangladesh can be solve by the proper utilization of abundant renewable energy resources, such as solar, biomass, biogas, wind, hydropower energy etc. This paper gives an overview of the renewable energies in Bangladesh while evaluating the current status, the energy needs of the country and forecast consumption and production, with the objective to assess whether Bangladesh can sustain its growth and its society with renewable resources.