British High Commissioner in Dhaka Sarah Cooke
today paid a courtesy call on State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral
Resources Nasrul Hamid at his secretariat office here.
During the call on, they discussed various issues including mutual interest.
Expressing positive changes of Bangladesh, Sarah Cooke said the initiative to
increase regional connectivity is appreciable.
She said the UK wants to work with SREDA in wind lab, offshore wind guide
lines, capacity building on carbon pricing and trading and piloting solar
irrigation pumps in farmer friendly model.
During the meeting, they also discussed power import from India, Nepal or
Bhutan. Bangladesh’s electricity and energy situation, foreign investment in
electricity and energy sector, deep sea gas-oil exploration, offshore wind
power, electricity from waste, electricity from renewable sources, solar
irrigation pump, solar mini grid, electricity import, social change in
electrification.
The state minister described about the Integrated Energy and Power Master
Plan, Transmission Line and Privatization, Life Line Consumer, Energy
Transmission, Net Metering System, Electric Vehicle, Energy Mix etc.
Later, the High Commissioner invited the State Minister to participate in
Cop-28.
Nasrul Hamid welcomed the ambassador and said that the economy of Bangladesh
is growing day by day, adding, “Investment opportunities in power and energy
sector are increasing continuously. The UK investment in this sector is not
seen much.”
He urged the UK to invest in power and energy sector of Bangladesh. “We can
work together to develop iron ore or iron mining,” he added.
Bangladesh has been working with the aim of providing uninterrupted, reliable
and quality power and energy at affordable prices.
The government has a plan to generate 40 percent of electricity from clean
energy by 2041. The expansion of renewable energy requires free flow of
technology and in this regard the UK can extend their cooperation, the state
minister added.
Among others, lawmakers Nahim Razzak and Razi Mohammad Fakhrul were present.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha