Energy, Environment and Technological Innovation: Bangladesh Perspective

Bangladesh has a vast deposit of natural gas, some hydroelectricity and coal and a large amount of fuelwood, crop residue, cow dung etc. Fifty five percent of the total energy consumed in Bangladesh is collected from the traditional organic fuels. Natural gas meets 24% of the countries total fuel need while hydroelectricity provides 2% of the need. Nineteen per cent of the fuel needed in the country comes from imported coal and mineral oil. But the figures showing the energy use at the moment in Bangladesh is expected to change radically when the extraction of coal will start from the recently located coal mines, and, the on-going enormous plan to explore gas and oil in Bangladesh yields any positive result.