The ultimate fuel choice for power plants of Bangladesh: An essential initiative towards national energy security

Energy and economy are directly correlated. Now-a-days the development of a country is measured by the energy consumption rate of that country. Bangladesh's energy infrastructures are quite small, insufficient and poorly managed with per capita energy consumption of 220KWh only. Bangladesh is steadily climbing up the development ladder and industries are shifting towards automation process. Energy and power need to act as a key catalyst in helping Bangladesh in this endeavor. The installed capacity of the power plants of Bangladesh is around 8000MW for supporting the demand of around 7000MW. However due to failure in the proper fuel management in the last few years the whole country is suffering from 1500–1800MW of shortage. In order to cater the growing demand and sustain the development phase it is the high time to think about the underground coal as the ultimate choice. This paper is one such attempt in pointing out the possible energy resources for electricity generation in Bangladesh with the help of scientific analysis and available statistics.