JETnet-BD begins Correct Vitality Transition Community Bangladesh (JETnet-BD) marks a critical milestone in Bangladesh’s scurry in direction of a unbiased and sustainable strength future as of late. Greater than 70 civil society organizations (CSOs), national and worldwide vogue organisations, local organisations, strength sector experts, environmentalists and media representatives all over the nation possess collaborated to officially open JETnet-BD.
This community will aspire to tremendously make a contribution to Bangladesh’s unbiased strength transition and environmental sustainability, making a critical affect. Past JETnet-BD’s devoted community people, now we possess an advisory committee composed of strength sector experts who will provide helpful steerage to this community.
JETnet-BD will unveil its inaurual e-newsletter, the 14-point demand ‘Correct Vitality Transition in Bangladesh: Citizen’s Seek recordsdata from’ booklet, ready by over 150 civil society organisations and people.
JETnet-BD is dedicated to make certain a unbiased and sustainable strength future for each and every citizen of the nation as successfully as assist create a climate resilient and steady world.
Correct Vitality Transition in Bangladesh: Citizen’s Seek recordsdata from
• In dispute to make certain a unbiased strength transition, the ‘Nationwide Vitality Transition Coverage’ wishes to be formulated by correcting the inconsistencies in the reward electrical energy and strength insurance policies and plans in coordination alongside with your total stakeholders, including local experts and civil society. The ‘Nationwide Vitality Transition Coverage’ will play a guiding role in the plot of the flexibility and strength sector and the adoption and implementation of plans in this regard.
• In accordance with the proposed ‘Nationwide Vitality Transition Coverage’, apt frameworks and regulations wishes to be formulated to make certain beautiful strength transition.
And at the identical time, legally binding constraints ought to be created to place into effect the intention of adjusting 30% of the complete strength consumed at the national level to renewable and green strength by 2030, 50% by 2040 and 100% by 2050.
• Lickety-split Enhancement of Electrical energy and Vitality Provide (Special Provisions) Act 2010 wishes to be repealed or suitably amended to make certain transparency and accountability in the plot of aggressive and cheap markets for the flexibility and strength sector and to salvage sustainable strength markets and to place into effect particular public procurement frameworks / insurance policies. Similarly, any worldwide settlement (such because the ‘Vitality Charter Treaty’) that disregards recount sovereignty and public ardour in the flexibility and strength sectors and protects transnational company pursuits wishes to be steer clear off.
• To make positive the technology of 5,000 MW of electrical energy from renewable strength sources by 2025 and 10,000 MW by 2027, a protection guiding precept ought to be formulated to pause establishing any institution of present LNG-basically based strength plants after 2027 and abandon reward all coal-basically based strength plants by 2027 whereas halting novel ones in the pipeline adopting ‘no-coal protection’. By 2027, Bangladesh have to be sure changing 40% of its diesel-operated irrigation pump to command voltaic-basically based and shut down 60% of its HFO-basically based strength plants including captive.
• An fair and solid regulatory body wishes to be fashioned to make certain transparency and accountability in the flexibility and strength sector. To this pause, the Bangladesh Vitality Regulatory Price (BERC) Act, 2003 wishes to be amended to rework BERC into an fair, empowered, and effective institution able to making and implementing choices.
• Legislation wishes to be enacted to salvage a aggressive funding and market framework for the advancement of the flexibility and strength sector. Any non-aggressive investments wishes to be legally prohibited. Moreover, to entice foreign places funding in the renewable strength sector, the government have to be sure a one-pause funding carrier with passable infrastructure and a conducive enterprise ambiance.
Technological substitute agreements with regional and worldwide parties wishes to be signed and nicely implemented to make certain the offer of green and renewable applied sciences at a beautiful trace, in accordance with the foundations of equality cooperation, and equity.
The Sustainable and Renewable Vitality Model Authority (SREDA) wishes to be upgraded to a separate renewable strength ministry.
• The governmentought to gentle salvage appropriate apt, institutional, and infrastructural vogue to repair the flexibility import targets within 10% of total strength demand; and put into effect regional strength and strength alternate in accordance with the mutual benefits among the South Asian countries.
• To kill self-sufficiency and sovereignty in strength and strength, quite than implementing handiest mega strength plants and company-basically based models, the renewable-basically based model village and model neighborhood wishes to be launched, focused on the socio-economic and geographical characteristics of Bangladesh. A unbiased and equitable carbon tax would per chance well be imposed to share out the fossil fuels gradually, particularly to decrease air pollution. A nation-huge mapping of renewable strength (RE) doable or zoning and RE finance plot wishes to be adopted straight.
• The on-line metering system wishes to be made accessible for all consumers, including people and cooperatives, to facilitate its frequent adoption.
Additionally, modernization of infrastructure, including transmission traces is crucial.
• Acquisition of foremost lands for agriculture and ecological steadiness at some stage in of creating strength plants wishes to be halted. Earlier than land acquisition, it is miles required to make certain the effective use of different sources equivalent to rooftops and unused spaces. In case of foremost acquisition of agricultural lands, landowners ought to be guaranteed a beautiful compensation and rehabilitation sooner than eviction. Additionally, compensation wishes to be ensured to the farmers and the national agricultural management, focused on the inability of future earnings opportunities and the total national economic loss incurring from that acquisition.
• Women folk’s participation in the decision-making and implementation within the flexibility and strength sector vogue ought to be ensured. Insurance policies ought to gentle take care of their particular wishes thru inclusive formulation, planning, and execution processes. Brooding about the total strength and strength sector’s context, females’s active participation in operation and maintenance in the renewable sector wishes to be emphasized.
• Analysis initiatives and efforts wishes to be encouraged by offering incentives for the plot of renewable strength applied sciences as a critical exportable sector. In accordance with an inclusive protection, youth wishes to be engaged to foster the green and renewable strength sector and skilled as an educated team by growing supportive curriculum and hands-on learning opportunities in better training. Functional training ought to be incorporated in the national curriculum.
