The Bangladesh government has cancelled 10 planned coal-based power plants in consideration of their environmental impact.
The Integrated Energy and Power Masterplan needs to set the coal-based power generation target at a reasonable level while taking the overall situation into consideration, State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has said.
The minister said this at a press conference at the Secretariat in Dhaka Sunday, reports bdnews24.com.
In addition, Bangladesh’s signing of the Paris Agreement and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s role as the chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum have made it “essential for us to generate electricity through more environmentally friendly means”, he said.
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