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Bangladesh's energy overcapacity drives up costs and subsidies

· By Staff Writer
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A Bangladeshi government review found between 7.7 gigawatts and 9.5 GW of stranded or structurally underutilized capacity, and it estimated that stranded capacity alone could cost up to 165 billion taka ($1.33 billion) a year through capacity payments. © Getty Images

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