A study on renewable energy as a sustainable alternative for ensuring energy security in Bangladesh and related socio-economic aspects

Engineering Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 47-52

  Rahman, Dewan Mowdudur ^a   Sakhawat, Navid Bin ^b   Amin, Riasad ^a   Ahmed, Faisal ^c  

^a MILITARY INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Climate change effects; Energy scenario in Bangladesh; Renewable energy; Required investment in Bangladesh

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859308719     PISSN: 01258281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4186/ej.2012.16.2.47     Document Type: Article

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