Bangladesh needs to develop National Hydrogen Strategy, says Australia-based scientist Nawshad
Bangladesh needs to have a “National Hydrogen Strategy” to explore clean hydrogen potential and enhance its relations with those countries which are advanced in this particular area, says a Bangladesh-origin scientist based in Australia. “I think Bangladesh should immediately have a hydrogen strategy,” principal scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian government agency responsible for scientific research, Nawshad Haque told UNB at his office in Melbourne. He said globally a good number of countries – at least over 90 countries – are working on hydrogen strategy and many of them like Australia have formal hydrogen strategy. Nawshad said this strategy depends on the country’s energy demand; and export, import and use of the energy. “We need to keep ourselves prepared to enhance collaboration and cooperation among engineers, universities, and industries. There could be a game changing potential for the hydrogen economy,” he said. Nawshad laid emphasis on using science for “diplomacy and development” and said developing countries need exposure of technological research, development and demonstration on clean energy.
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