Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister’s Adviser for Education and PMO Spokesperson Mahdi Amin yesterday said the government is prioritizing to renewable energy for addressing the ongoing energy crisis.
“The past policies have created vulnerabilities in the nation’s energy sector. “We want to step out of this situation and diversify our energy sources. The government is placing special emphasis on renewable energy,” he added.
He made the remarks as a special guest at a seminar titled “Science Policy Dialogue on Black Carbon and Other Short-Lived Climate Pollutants,” jointly organized by Dhaka University and Stockholm University at a hotel in the capital.
In this context, solar power is being prioritized, alongside ongoing projects generating energy from waste, he said.
He further noted that one of the primary targets is to reduce reliance on oil and increase the use of eco-friendly vehicles. Consequently, electric vehicles are being given higher priority in newly undertaken projects.
Chaired by Dhaka University Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Abdus Salam and Professor Orjan Gustafsson of the Department of Environmental Science at Stockholm University, the event was also attended by State Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shaikh Faridul Islam, among others.
