Social and environment impact of the case

Reference no: EM132947525

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Bangladesh has adopted both short-term and long-term measures to increase electricity supply to meet the growing demand arising from accelerated economic growth and structural transformation of the economy. The installed generation capacity has increased to 11,532 MW in FY2014-15 from 4005 MW in FY2000-01 and maximum generation reached 7817 MW from 3033 MW during the same period. The proportion of households with access to electricity has increased to about 80 percent in 2015 from a mere 18 percent in 2000. This is an outcome of the relentless effort of the Government to reach power generation capacity of 24,000 MW and ensure electricity for all by 2021. Households in Bangladesh have depended mostly on bio-mass fuels including fuel wood, tree leaves, crop residue, dung cake/stick and sawdust for cooking food. Kerosene stoves have also been used for cooking and kerosene lamps have been used for lighting. As is known these fuels create in-house air pollution and are a major source of health hazards for women and children in the country. Both supply and demand factors underlay the move towards use of non-biomass clean energy such as natural gas, LNG, grid electricity, solar PV, storage cell and dry-cell battery for fuel and lighting. There has also been introduction of cleaner technology such as improved cook stove and other initiatives in cooking. BBS data (SVRS, 2018) show that in 2017 the overall use of gas was only 20.5 per cent and 23.1 percent in 2017. A major reason for such low use is lack of access to natural gas. Faced with depleting stock, increasing demand and lack of new discoveries of natural gas fields the Government rations new gas connections. Bangladesh has also attempted to diversify its energy sources by emphasizing generation of renewable energy such as solar energy, wind energy, and hydro power. The proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources is still low.

Based on the concept of Social and Environmental Ethics, identify, discuss and analyze following issues from the given case:

(a) Social and Environment Impact of the Case,

(b) Comprehension of the role of engineering in society and ecosystem.

(d) Discuss the importance of Engineering Solution to support sustainable development.

Reference no: EM132947525

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