Opportunities and Challenges in Renewable Energy Applications in Bangladesh

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Opportunities and Challenges in Renewable Energy
Applications in Bangladesh
Institution of Engineers, Dhaka Centre
Dhaka, Bangladesh
17 January 2007

• Professor Saifur Rahman
• Director

Advanced Research Institute Virginia Polytechnic
Inst State University, U.S.A. www.ari.vt.edu
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Renewable Energy Sources

• Solar
• Wind
• Geothermal
• Mini-hydro
• Biomass

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Two Alternative Approaches
Tk. 24,000 for a 30-watt system on St. Martins
Island (Four CFL lamps and one B/W TV)
Tk. 1,26,00,000 for a 10-kW PV-Wind Hybrid More
than 50 of dwellings on St. Martins Island
could be electrified with these funds
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Renewable energy resources
Solar PV Panels
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Renewable energy resources
Biomass energy
Micro hydro
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Electricity from Solar

• Sources
• Sunshine
• Challenges
• Variability in sunshine
• Storage batteries
• Narshingdi solar PV project (dismantled)

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Electricity from Wind

• Sources
• Naturally prevailing wind
• Challenges
• Wind speed in Bangladesh is moderate to low
• Muhuri Dam (PDB project)

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Electricity from Hydro

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• Sources
• Hydro-electric dams
• Natural river flow
• Challenges
• Limited scope for dams in rivers

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Electricity from Biomass

•  Sources
• Municipal waste
• Animal waste
• Crop residue
• Challenges
• Technology not fully developed
• Source of fuel uncertain
• Pollution control issues

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Carbon Credit

• Issues
• Standards
• Sustainability of the project
• Stability of the design capacity
• Monitoring and assessment

• Marketing of Green Capacity for Carbon Credit
• Financial support can make many of the green
  projects financially viable

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Steps towards qualifying for carbon credit

• Participate through the Clean Development
  Mechanism.
• Develop quantifiable base case scenarios.
• Develop infrastructure to monitor, enforce and
  protect the integrity of transactions.
• Obtain funds for promoting energy efficiency and
  renewable energy.

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Contact Information
Name Prof. Saifur Rahman Affiliation Virginia
Tech, USA Phone [phone] Email srahman_at_
vt.edu Web site www.ceage.vt.edu
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