Tata's investment plans
I am writing in response to the article published in The Daily Star on 14 April 2005 focusing on Tata's plans to use coal as the primary source of producing energy. I just want to point out that in the developed world coal has been made redundant as a source of energy. As a matter of fact most developed economies are moving towards a more efficient and cleaner source of energy. For example, Wind Power is extremely favoured and popular in the United Kingdom and most parts of Europe. I am not mentioning Solar Power in the context of Tata's investment proposal for the Energy Sector in Bangladesh as the capacity of solar power cannot be compared with the extent of Tata's proposal of building up a 1000MW plant. If Tata wants to invest in exploring coal and then in turn export it, that is what the government should look into, as it will be a source of important foreign currency income and trade. But as far as generating power is concerned, the government should stress more or heavily on gas fired plants because of the fact that the government will earn revenues through selling it to Independent Power Producers (IPP) and of course gas fired plants are more efficient than redundant coal fired plants.
If my opinion should matter, I would strongly advise the government not to allow Tata to operate power plants in which coal will be the primary source of their production of energy,
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