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from fuel oil from 17 percent to 1 percent, it said another nuclear plant would be built in Chattogram with a capacity of 2,400 MW.

Solar will be the dominating source of electricity in 2050 with a capacity of 32,100 MW. Wind will contribute by 9,600 MW.

“But the new plan has somewhat alignment with the major sectoral policy and planning documents in all the wrong ways in terms of overestimated power demand projection, renewable energy target and definition of renewable energy,” the CPD said.

Establishing renewable energy sources by greenwashing LNG and coal is not actually prioritising the traditional renewable sources and providing undue focus on LNG import. This echoes the same pattern and priorities observed in the previous masterplan, the CPD said.

The new masterplan ignored the regional power grid, especially the renewable energy-based power trade with the neighbouring countries and the upgrading of the current grid systems.

The CPD recommended that the masterplan must shift its focus from coal and LNG to renewable energy and drop all discussion on false solutions in the name of advanced technology or future energy sources.

The faulty and non-participatory master plan was prepared in haste just a month before the power transfer to a political government for a vested interest group, Moazzem said.

“It will undermine the long-term carbon emissions process, will increase the use of fossil fuel and will hinder the expansion of renewable energy,” he said, while demanding postponement of the adoption of the master plan.