Bangladesh has failed to achieve its target to raise the share of renewable energy to the total power generation to 10 per cent by 2020 amid constraints of resources, technologies and policies. Currently, 723.97 megawatts of power are generated from renewable sources, accounting for 3.25 per cent of the total electricity produced. The Renewable Energy Policy 2008 had set a
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Govt to revisit coal pricing formula
Plans to remove dollar indexation for rate of return
At present, share of renewable energy is 4%, which is the lowest. Govt wants to increase this share in coming years in order to improve the energy mix. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is set to renegotiate the existing coal pricing formula with the government of Sindh to remove dollar indexation for the rate of return.
In this regard, the federal government has planned to amend the Renewable Energy Policy 2019.
After renegotiation with the government of Sindh, the federal government wants to link Thar coal pricing with the rupee value. The federal government is likely to table the matter in the Council of Common Interests (CCI).
Earth Day Latest: 14 million South Africans go to bed hungry
Environmentalists have called on the government to take climate change seriously and to focus on building just food systems on Earth Day.
As food prices continue to rocket, placing access to nutritious food out of reach of desperately poor South Africans, environmental activists have called for a more just food system during an Earth Day protest in Durban on Thursday.
South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) activists highlighted the need for governments to repair the damage caused by monocultural mass food production and to take the science regarding climate change seriously. The Earth Day protest was held on the steps of the Durban City Hall.
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