The government, over the last 10 years, has undertaken a considerable number of projects to enhance use of renewable energy. Of late, the government has embarked on an ambitious scheme to enhance generation of renewable energy as part of its efforts to ensure energy security, keeping carbon dioxide emissions at a low level. Reportedly, the government has set a target to generate more than 1400MW of electricity from renewable energy by 2022. To this end, the work on some 27 power plants having a total capacity of 1412MW of electricity is now underway.
Having no or little emission of exhaust and poisonous gases like carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, most renewable energy sources produce little to no global warming emissions.
Renewable energy is going to be an important source for power generation in coming days as it is environment-friendly, and we can use these resources again and again to produce useful energy.
It is time to revisit our energy policy,
embrace renewable energy and
phase out coal-based power plants
While experts realise that tackling climate change is impossible without reducing greenhouse gas emissions and the reliance on fossil fuels, many say that the transition to renewable is not going to be easy.
Use of renewable energy in Bangladesh has been negligible over the last few years. Reportedly, renewable energy contributes approximately 4 per cent to the country's national energy power mix. However, in order to increase it, the government should take a number of initiatives, including allowing tax-free import of the tools and equipment which are needed for environment-friendly energy production.
It needs no emphasising that sustainable and renewable energy is the future of energy sector. Hence, we hope that the government will formulate new policies to increase the production and consumption of renewable energy to ensure energy security of the country.
It is time to revisit our energy policy, embrace renewable energy and phase out coal-based power plants. Such steps will not only be helpful for safeguarding the environment but also create thousands of jobs.
