The government always claims that from a mere 47 percent in 2009, Bangladesh has now ensured 100 percent coverage of electricity. Every house of the country now has access to electricity.
The country also witnesses record power generation as generation sometimes cross 15,000 megawatts electricity. But the fact is that frequent power outages outside the cities have been making people’s lives miserable for a month amid the very severe heatwave. The country is still reeling from around 2,100MW of shortage in electricity generation.
People in the rural areas have been subjected to hours of power outage despite record-setting generation of electricity over the last few days. The power outage has returned across the country amid a severe heatwave, hurting daily domestic users, industrial output and irrigation work despite a record power generation by the public and private power producers, according to media reports.
The project is a crucial
solution to the
power crisis
Power outages in rural areas are so frequent that any interruption means consumers have to wait several hours to get electricity back. Against the backdrop of the frequent power outage, the ADB on Tuesday has signed a $121.55 million financing package with Dynamic Sun Energy Private Limited to build and operate a 100-megawatt (MW) grid-connected solar photovoltaic power plant in Pabna, Bangladesh.
The plant is the country’s first private sector utility-scale solar facility to secure support from global financiers. The solar power plant will generate 193.5 gigawatt-hours of electricity annually and avoid 93,654 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
We think, the renewable energy sector will be very important for future energy. The project is a crucial solution to the power crisis in the north-west region, which is facing challenges due to its dependence on imported primary fuels and the pressure it places on the country's forex reserves.
Solar energy is a great asset for us and it is available for every time. Primary cost of solar energy is little bit high but in the long run it is very useful for consumers.
With sincere efforts, the government will also have to introduce solar irrigation by reducing number of diesel irrigation pumps in agriculture sector. There are about 12 lakh diesel irrigation pumps in the agriculture sector across the country that will be transformed into solar irrigation
In such a situation, we think the government has required long-term plan to reduce coal fired power plants and increase renewable energy in the country. Under the energy transition, solar power should get priority in agriculture instead of diesel irrigation pumps.
To combat effects of the climate change, the government's target is to produce 4,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity from renewable energy by 2030. If the government sets up more solar-based power plants in the country, it will be possible to meet growing demands of electricity.
