Energy Blog

A war thousands of kilometres away suddenly shows up in the prices of groceries, the cost of running a factory, government subsidies or import bills, and the anxious arithmetic of a family budget as the people navigate the long lines outside refuelling stations. This is how the impact of the US-Israel war on Iran is being felt in many parts of the world through disruptions to the energy system. And the longer the war continues, the greater the disruptions will be, especially for import-dependent economies like ours.

Bangladesh faces a mounting energy crisis as Middle East tensions disrupt LNG supply, pushing costs and subsidy burdens higher. With LNG accounting for a third of total gas and renewable options still underutilised, the country risks slower exports and economic strain unless it accelerates diversification into affordable, domestic renewables such as solar. A rapid scale-up of solar-plus-storage could unlock 50,000 MW of capacity using just 1% of agricultural land and shield Bangladesh from volatile global fuel markets.