Abstract:
Bangladesh, a developing country of south-east Asia with large population has
agricultural economy. It has severe shortage of electricity. The gas is the main fuel for
electricity generation which is depleting very quickly. In recent days government has
implemented high cost imported liquid fuel based electricity generation plant as a
short time measure. Bangladesh has abundant sun shine to harness PV power. Solar
Home System program with micro financing for rural electrification has gained
worldwide recognition. The government has adopted Renewable Energy Policy in
December 2008. In this policy target has been set to generate 5% of total electricity
from renewable sources by 2015 and 10% by 2020. Now this Stand Alone PV system
is becoming popular in urban areas due to acute load shedding. This thesis proposes
three different configurations of solar photovoltaic system for urban areas. Technical
and economic analysis has been done. It is proved that PV energy could be a cost
effective solution to meet the electricity crisis in urban areas in Bangladesh. Feed-in
Tariff has also been calculated and found to be comparable to liquid fuel based
power, if Government subsidy is provided.
