Sustainable Energy Management in Bangladesh: A Comparative Study with Neighboring Countries

In an energy constraints environment, role of
sustainable energy management is paramount. It ensures
optimum utilization of available resources, use of appropriate
technologies, reliable and affordable energy to consumers, and
ultimate energy justice. In this context, Bangladesh is currently
confronting with multiple cross-cutting challenges of depletion
of domestic natural gas resources, growing pressure to reduce
dependency on fossil fuels, steadily increasing reliance on energy
imports, and pressing demand for affordable electricity. This
study unfolds the importance of sustainable energy
management in Bangladesh, which can support and promote the
national dream, to becoming a middle-income country, and
fulfilling the commitment to global agenda on climate change.
The study critically analyzed the current sustainable energy
management practice in Bangladesh, and compared with the
neighboring counties. The domain area of this study is
electricity. The study adopted pragmatic worldview as research
approach, where both exploratory and explanatory methods
were applied. To conduct the study, both primary and
secondary data were used. Finally, through triangulation of
three key dimensions- energy, economy and environment, the
study identifies that Bangladesh is lagging behind from prudent
sustainable energy management practice and recommends the
necessity of a comprehensive data-driven energy policy
framework for future endeavor