Govt targets 30pc electricity generation from renewables by 2030: Minister

Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Iqbal Hassan Mahmood Tuku said on Tuesday the government aims to generate 30 per cent of the country's electricity from renewable sources by 2030 and has enacted a special energy law to achieve the target. He made the remarks while inaugurating the Second Renewable Energy Fest 2026 at BUET, a three-day festival from October 26 to 28 organised by ActionAid Bangladesh and BUET with JETnet-BD and BUET's IESD. Tuku blamed mismanagement in the energy sector over the past 17 years and an unplanned quick-rental power policy, saying the previous government's rules required capacity charges even when plants did not generate, and that Bangladesh bought LNG at up to US$30 per unit. He said rural fault detectors were missing, causing outages blamed on load-shedding, and said the Power Development Board was not ready for nuclear power transmission. He urged NGOs to expand rural solar and said smart grids were needed, noting five years was short. Representatives from the EU, Australia, Indonesia and Pakistan attended.

Where accounts differ. The Financial Express says the minister spent more than US$4 billion on the energy sector, and the Daily Waadaa and UNB say the same, so no conflict is evident; the articles otherwise agree closely in substance and detail.

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