Renewable Energy Development & Energy Efficiency Measure of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)

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• Solar Home Lighting System under Solar PV Electrification Project in the CHT Regions

• 10 kWP Centralized AC Market Electrification Systems for the electrification implemented by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)

• Solar PV Street Light Systems  under Renewable Energy Development & Energy Efficiency Measure of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)

•  Solar PV Vaccine Refrigeration's ( Solar PV Electrification Project in the CHT Regions )

Renewable Energy Projects of BPDB: under planning

Grid Connected Solar Projects:

Solar Home Projects

Solar Home System in all Offices of BPDB in phases for Lighting Purposes (150-200 kWp): 150 – 200 KWp

Solar PV Electrification Project in the CHT Regions:

BPDB has implemented an excellent Solar PV electrification project in the Chittagong Hill Tracts region with support from  Ministry of  Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs.   The main reasons for undertaking this SPV project are given below:

• The extension as well as the maintenance of the National Grid into these areas is very highly expensive, difficult and risky. 

• The transportation of fuels for the localized generators in these areas is also very highly expensive, difficult and risky.

• The load density of these areas is low and disperse.

Considering above characteristics of the remote and hilly areas, the Solar PV electrification has emerged as the most appropriate technological option for the electrification of these areas. The people are enthusiastically purchasing the Solar Home Lighting Systems(SHLS). More people will be brought under SHLS for their households. They are mass interest among CHT people to procure SHLS  for their households but also giving monthly payments regularly.

To date ( June/ 2009) BPDB installed capacity in entire CHT region being estimated as total of 200kW.

The BPDB’s SPV electrification project consists of the following Solar PV Systems:

Solar Home Lighting System :

1100 Solar Home Systems of 120 Wp each

Borkol Upazila = 300 SHLS

• Borkol Upazila(Rangamati District), Total SHLS installed 300, System Capacity 120Wp(each), Loads 4 CFL Lamp (11W each), 1 TV (15" BW)Point.

• Hardware ; 1 Deep Cycle Battery with 130Ahr , 1 PV panel with 120 Wp

• System delivery mechanism, BPDB handed over system by taking  2,500TK  from users and monthly 200 TK installment to be paid to BPDB for 20 Years period.

• 2 LED  lamp with capacity 0.3Wp   

 

• Juraichari Upazila(Rangamati District), Total SHLS installed 300, System Capacity 120Wp(each), Loads 4 CFL Lamp (11W each), 1 TV (15" BW)Point.

• Hardware ; 1 Deep Cycle Battery with 130Ahr , 1 PV panel with 120 Wp

• System delivery mechanism, BPDB handed over system by taking  2,500TK  from users and monthly 200 TK installment to be paid to BPDB for 20 Years period.

• 2 LED  lamp with capacity 0.3Wp   

• Thanchi Upazila(Bandarban District), Total SHLS installed 500, System Capacity 120Wp(each), Loads 4 CFL Lamp (11W each), 1 TV (15" BW)Point.

• Hardware ; 1 Deep Cycle Battery with 130Ahr , 1 PV panel with 120 Wp

• System delivery mechanism, BPDB handed over system by taking  2,500TK  from users and monthly 200 TK installment to be paid to BPDB for 20 Years period.

• 2 LED  lamp with capacity 0.3Wp   

Solar PV Submersible Water Pump

3 Sets of Solar PV Submersible Water Pumps of 50,000 litters per day lifting capacity of each pump.

Borkol Upazila = 1 Solar PV Submersible Water Pump

• Location : Village -  Baghasola,  1no Shuvolong Union under Borkol Upazila

• System capacity 1.8kWp Panel - total 24 ( 75Wp each) 

• Pump type; DC powered submersible, 175 hp pump lifting water from deep tube well,  lifting 50,000 litters water per day, which being reserved in overhead tank

• Beneficiary :  System installed at Buddha temple, so far monks/nuns , local villagers uses  water, moreover peoples gathered for tribal festival and community functions also being served from this water pump 

• Financial support : Ministry of  Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs

Solar PV Vaccine Refrigerators

9 Sets of Solar PV Vaccine Refrigerators for the Health Care Centres

Centralized AC Market Electrification Systems

3 Sets of 10 KW Centralized AC Market Electrification Systems for the electrification of more than 200 shops in each market.

The contents of this project are quite unique in Bangladesh. All systems are the most suitable options for the electrification of the remote areas, development centers, health care centers etc. Only the BPDB solar PV project in the CHT regions has covered all these solar PV items which are most essential for the remote localities.   

This unique project is being implemented in three phases:

• First Phase in Jurachhari Upazilla

• Second Phase in Barkal Upazilla

• Third Phase in Thanchi Upazilla

A 10 kW central AC solar PV system has installed in one selected market in each Upazilla Sadar of the above-mentioned upazillas. With these systems, the shops of that market have been electrified with overhead  AC distribution connectivity. Ten numbers of solar PV street lights have also been installed in the streets of the Upazilla center. Three solar PV vaccine refrigerators have also been installed in three hospitals/health centers of the Belaichhari Upazilla.

A 1800 Wp solar PV submersible water pump has been installed in one selected market in each Upazilla Sadar of the above-mentioned upazillas for supplying drinking water to the hill tracts people. This water pump delivers 50,000 liters of pure drinking water every day. This water pump is likely to ease the hardships of the hill tracts people for collecting their every day drinking water.

A Beneficiary Management Committee (BMC) has been formed with representatives from the government offices and local hill tracts communities. The BMC is responsible for revenue collections from the solar electricity consumers, operation & maintenance of the SPV systems and also for the future further expansion of the systems to more households.

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Another Solar Electrification project is going on at Thanchi Upozila at Rangamati district. It consists 600 Sets Solar Home system of 120 Mp each, 2 Sets of Solar PV Vaccine Refrigerators for the Health Care Centers of 360 Wp(3X120Wp) each , 10 sets Solar PV Street Light Systems of 75 Wp each, 1 set Solar PV Submersible Water Pumps of 50,000 liters per day lifting capacity of each pump of 1800 WP(15X120Wp) each.