TY - BOOK ID - 30553772 TI - A new energy frontier : the Bay of Bengal region AU - Devare, Sudhir AU - Conference on Energy in the Bay of Bengal AU - Institute of Southeast Asian Studies PY - 2008 SN - 9812307826 9812307818 PB - Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, DB - UniCat KW - Energy development -- Bengal, Bay of -- Congresses. KW - Energy industries -- Bengal, Bay of -- Congresses. KW - Power resources -- Bengal, Bay of -- Congresses. KW - Renewable energy sources -- Bengal, Bay of -- Congresses. KW - Energy development KW - Energy industries KW - Power resources KW - Renewable energy sources KW - Business & Economics KW - Industries KW - Alternate energy sources KW - Alternative energy sources KW - Energy sources, Renewable KW - Sustainable energy sources KW - Energy KW - Energy resources KW - Power supply KW - Energy resources development KW - Energy source development KW - Power resources development KW - Natural resources KW - Energy harvesting KW - Renewable natural resources KW - Agriculture and energy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:30553772 AB - The region comprising the countries around and in the proximity of the Bay of Bengal has remained relatively unexplored for energy. Following a few major discoveries of oil and natural gas, it is now becoming promising even as the energy requirements of a combined population exceeding 1.5 billion are growing exponentially. Here, the opportunities for regional cooperation are immense in a number of fields-production of oil and gas, their transportation, trading in energy, and production facilities for renewable energy. New initiatives are necessary to fully tap their potential. This region is indeed a new energy frontier which has only recently been discovered. No doubt major challenges will need to be overcome. Common stakes and growing interdependence should, however, make it possible for the countries of the region to cooperate in the plans and programmes on energy. ER -