The interim government has taken a major initiative to revise key policies and plans related to the power and energy sector of the country. In this connection, the Power Division has published the online version of a draft policy titled ‘Renewable Energy Policy (draft) 2025’ for necessary comments and feedback. While the previous version of the draft policy (published in 2023) was issued by the Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority (SREDA), this new version of the draft policy is issued by the Power Division – a major change in terms of shifting the responsibility in preparing the policy. Unlike the previous regime, it is expected that the interim government will pay attention to the comments and feedback provided by different stakeholders. More importantly, an inclusive ownership-based policy formulation process is expected to be developed in the coming days in case of other important power and energy-related policies and plans. Taking that into account, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has carried out an in-depth analysis on the draft Renewable Energy Policy 2025 and put forward necessary suggestions in this policy brief.
Authors: Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Atikuzzaman Shazeed and Mehadi Hasan Shamim
Publication period: April 2025
