Energy security in Bangladesh perspective - An assessment and implication

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-171

  Islam, Aminul ^a,e   Chan, Eng Seng ^b   Taufiq Yap, Yun Hin ^a   Mondal, Md Alam Hossain ^c   Moniruzzaman, M ^d   Mridha, Moniruzzaman ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission   (Bangladesh)

^d BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^e Active Fine Chemicals Ltd   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Energy; Energy crisis; Fossil fuel; Power sector; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY DEMANDS; ENERGY; ENERGY CRISIS; POWER SECTOR; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT;

FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; FOSSIL FUELS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY POLICY;

EID: 84893425736     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2014.01.021     Document Type: Review

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