Meta Data Draft: NoRevision of previous policy?: NoEffective Start Year: 2018Scope: NationalDocument Type: Plan/StrategyEconomic Sector: Energy, Power, Multi-SectorEnergy Types: All, Power, RenewableIssued by: General Economics Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, Ministry of PlanningSource: General Economics Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning (BN)General Economics Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, Ministry of Planning (EN)File: Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (Abridged Version) (EN)Overall Summary: Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100 (BDP 2100) seeks to integrate the medium to long term aspirations of Bangladesh to achieve upper middle income (UMIC) status and eliminate extreme poverty by 2030 and being a prosperous country beyond 2041 with the longer term challenge of sustainable management of water, ecology, environment and land resources in the context of their interaction with natural disasters and climate change. Renewable Energy RE priorities: Bangladesh is expected to have enormous potentiality in renewable energy development: Solar, Wind Energy, Biomass and Hydropower. Strategies include: • Develop long term renewable energy policy as well as strategies and formulate a master plan for at least 50 years to harness the potential of renewable energy resources in the country involving public and private sector investments ; • Promote research on the development of technology in the field of renewable energy in universities and research institutions as well as build capacity for its application; • Enhance Green Growth through research and development of renewable technologies including clean development mechanism (CDM); • Devise innovative financing packages for grant funding and low interest financing to address affordability for both grid and off-grid renewable energy projects; and • Target for at least 30% energy production from renewable sources by 2041 in the context of being a prosperous country .RE targets: • Target for at least 30% energy production from renewable sources by 2041 in the context of being a prosperous country . Investment Energy sector investment priorities: Strategies include: [...] • Devise innovative financing packages for grant funding and low interest financing to address affordability for both grid and off-grid renewable energy projects; [...] Technology Clean energy technology priorities: Strategies include: [...] • Promote research on the development of technology in the field of renewable energy in universities and research institutions as well as build capacity for its application; [...]