Bangladesh may see a quantum leap in coal-fired power generation shortly with new capacity coming online as the country courts undesirable tradeoffs to avoid costly gases, amid a global paradigm shift.
With the new output to be available from plants inside Bangladesh and in India, sources say, coal's share in the country's energy mix would be catapulted to its highest on record.
The country is expected to add around 4,365 megawatts of coal-fired power-generation capacity both from within its borders and through imports from India, they say, incidentally as many other countries are shifting from climate-friendly energy use.
When in hand, it will more than double the share of coal in its domestic electricity mix to nearly 17 percent from 8 percent and increase the share of imported power-generation capacity to 11 percent from 4.0 percent -- mostly thermal.
