1. SEMINAR ON BLUE ECONOMY: INTERVENTIONS FOR FOOD SECURITY IN BANGLADESH 21 September 2016
Presenter: Lieutenant Commander K M Azam Chowdhury
Assistant Professor and Acting Head
Department of Oceanography & Hydrography
Bangabandhu Sheik Mujibur Rahman Maritime University, Bangladesh

2. The aim is to emphasis the potential sectors for BD on Blue Economy

3. OUTLINES INTRODUCTION RENEWABLE ENERGY MINARALS OIL & GAS
WIND POWER
HYDRO POWER
TIDAL POWER
WAVE POWER
THERMAL POWER
SOLAR POWER
MINARALS
OIL & GAS
MARINE TOURISM
SHIP BUILDING & SHIP BREAKING
MARINE FISHERIES
CONCLUSIONS

4. INTRODUCTION The integration of ocean economy development
IORA identified Eight priority areas:
Fisheries and Aquaculture
Renewable Ocean Energy
Seaports and Shipping
Seabed Exploration and Minerals
Marine Biotechnology, Research and Development
Tourism
Ocean Knowledge Clusters
SIDS and LDCs

5. INTRODUCTION Marine Energy Shipping and Port Facilities
Ship building and breaking
Marine Fisheries
Maritime Tourism

6. RENEWABLE ENERGY Global potential Annual generation Energy >300 TWh
Tidal Energy
>300 TWh
Marine current power
>800 TWh
Osmotic power (Salinity gradient)
2,000 TWh
Ocean thermal energy (Thermal gradient)
10,000 TWh
Wave energy
8,000–80,000 TWh

7. RENEWABLE ENERGY WIND POWER No fuel costs, No emissions of CO2
60MW electricity from wind as the country’s first wind turbine power plant at Cox’s Bazar

8. RENEWABLE ENERGY WIND POWER The fastest growing
A major source of power
More wind based plants

9. RENEWABLE ENERGY TIDAL POWER
TP is active in the two neighboring countries of Bangladesh
Many sluice gates in Sandwip that could be utilized for tidal power plant
Seagen, the world's first commercial tidal energy turbine
Open Hydro system used for harnessing tidal energy

10. Wave Dragon Overtopping Device
RENEWABLE ENERGY
WAVE POWER
Wave power level of over 15kW per meter
For BOB the value is 8 kW per meter of crest width
Wave Dragon Overtopping Device
Artist's conception of an array of attenuator wave energy devices

11. RENEWABLE ENERGY THERMAL POWER
OTEC utilizes the temperature difference to generate electricity
The temperature difference needs to be about 20°C

12. RENEWABLE ENERGY THERMAL POWER
Within 9057 profiles, 80% noticed TI
BOB the temperature difference is between 20 to 22°C
So, OTEC project is expected to be feasible in the BOB
Vertical profiles

13. RENEWABLE ENERGY HYDRO ENERGY BD-hydroelectric plant Capacity of 230MW
Hydro power provides 20% of the world’s electricity

14. RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLAR ENERGY Harnessing sunlight, about 5kWh/day/m2
Home based solar facility and about 1.5%

15. RENEWABLE ENERGY FLOATING SOLAR PANEL
BOB has a large area having enough sunlight
A great idea
Earth’s each day is equivalent to about 15,000 times the world's total energy consumption

16. MARINE TOURISM Marine and coastal tourism
international tourist arrivals increased by 4%
Constituted 9% of Global GDP
Supported 9% of global jobs and generated US$ 1.3 trillion

17. MARINE TOURISM Swimming, Surfing, Snorkeling, Sun-Bath (4S)
Eco-tourism
Separate tourism zone
Political stability
Safety-Security

18. MARINE TOURISM

19. MINERAL RESOURCES Placer deposits Evaporites Gas hydrate
Valuable raw minerals (zircon, rutile, ilmenite etc)

20. MINERAL RESOURCES

21. OIL AND GAS RESOURCES

22. SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY
All inland and coastal ships are constructed and repaired
Exported ship to a high-end market like Denmark competing with giant competitor like China, India and Vietnam in 2008
More than 150,000 skilled and semi-skilled workers

23. SHIP BREAKING INDUSTRY
Top ship recycling nation from
Second in 2012, scrapping around 270 ships
The third largest ship breaking nation in the world
Over 100,000 workers 
Govt earns Tk 5.21b

24. MARINE FISHERIES Seaweed culture Sea farming Sea ranching
Pearl farming
Sea food based retaurant

25. MARINE FISHERIES Satellite Based monitoring
Establish Information centre
Discover new fishing ground
New fishing vessel

26. CONCLUSIONS
Assess the true potential of its offshore oil and gas prospects
Assess the true potential of its Renewable energy prospects
Joint programs in building Renewable energy power plants
Separate tourism zone
Satellite based monitoring
Research fields and scientific assistance
University/Research Org.

27. Thank you very much for patience hearing
Lieutenant Commander K M Azam Chowdhury