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Wind energy resource mapping (WERM) in Bangladesh:

Wind Data for 7 station in 1996-97

Location of 20 wind Monitoring Stations in all over Bangladesh

Yearly Wind Speed of the 10 wind Monitoring Stations for the year 2005

Yearly Wind Speed of the 10 wind Monitoring Stations for the year 2006

30 Years Wind data from Bangladesh Meteorological Department

Long-term systematic wind data is an essential requirement for assessment of any wind energy development project and Bangladesh lacks that wind data. Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and Bangladesh Center for Advanced Studies (BCAS) in 1996-97 have carried out two separate studies, each with only one-year observation, jointly. These studies mostly concentrated wind observations in the 7 (seven) coastal regions and the reports indicate that the location of Bangladesh fall in a comparatively low wind regime and the annual average wind speed varies between 3.5 to 4.5 m/sec.

Wind Data for 1 year period :

SL	Location	Average Wind Speed (M/S)	Sensor Height (M)	Data Acquisition Period
1	Kuakata	4.54	25	1996-97
2	Kutubdia	4.18	25	1996-97
3(a)	Char Fassion 1	3.28	10	1996-97
3(b)	Char Fassion 2	4.07	25	1996-97
4	Patenga	3.84	25	1996-97
5	Cox's Bazaar	3.34	25	1996-97
6	NoakhaliI	2.96	25	1996-97
7	Teknaf	2.96	25	1996-97

Wind monitoring station, Engineering Staff College , Munshigonj

As a consequence, wind energy development project could not be formulated in Bangladesh with only one-year observation. In this backdrop, SRE project/LGED, in collaboration with BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology) and BIT (Bangladesh Institute of Technology), Chittagong, has taken up a study on titled “Wind Energy Resource Mapping (WERM)”. The study has been designed in a more comprehensive way aiming at systematic observation on wind regime in initially 20 (twenty) different suitable locations including Chittagong Hill Tracts region over a longer period of time


Anemometer	Sensors	Tower

Location of 20 wind Monitoring Stations :

St. No	Name of Station	Address/ Location of Station	Latitude & Longitude of Station	Height of Station
1.	Engineering Staff College , Munshigonj	Meghna Bridge -2, Gogaria Upazila, Munshigonj	23°32.73’ North Latitude 90°39.41’ East Longitude.	40m
2.	BIT Campus, Chittagong	69 Para, Pahartali, Chittagong	22°30.27’ North Latitude 91°55.92’ East Longitude	20m
3.	Sitakunda	Muradpur, Near fakir ghat, Sitakundu, Chittagong	22°35.68’ North Latitude 91°42.52’ East Longitude	30m
4.	Khagrachari	Hridoy Member para, Alutila, Khagrachari Sadar, Khagrachari Hill Tract	23°05.45’ North Latitude 91°57.67’ East Longitude	20m
5.	Rangamati	Baulkhali (Upper Rangamati) Near Pada ting Ting Restaurant, Rangamati Sadar, Rangamati Hill Tract	22°36.22’ North Latitude 92°11.28’ East Longitude	20m
6.	Bandarban	Prantik Lake ,Bandarban Sadar Bandarban	22°12.43’ North Latitude 92°12.31’ East Longitude	30m
7.	Teknaf	Teknaf Sadar, Teknaf, Cox's Bazar	20°49.19’ North Latitude 92°15.38’ East Longitude	20m
8.	Dublar Char	Dublar Char(Meher Ali Cyclone Shelter), Bagerhat	21°52.31’ North Latitude 91°55'180" East Longitude	40m
9.	Kutubdia	Akbar shah Light House, Kutubdia town, Kutubdia, cox's Bazar	21°54.71’ North Latitude 91°52.43’ East Longitude	20m
10.	Sandip	South Moghdhara,Sandwip Town, Chittagong	22°27.57’ North Latitude 91°29.71’ East Longitude	20m
11.	Charfession	Betua-ghat, Charfession, Voula, Barisal	22°12.43’ North Latitude 90°42.18’ East Longitude	20m
12.	Kuakata	Kalapara near bus stand, Kuakata Sadar, Kuakata , Patuakhali,	21°54.76’ North Latitude 90°08.24’ East Longitude	30m
13.	Bagerhat	Chila Bazar, Mongla, Bagerhat	22°29.73’ North Latitude 89°40.99’ East Longitude	20m
14.	Pakshey	Rupur Diar , Pakshy Bridge, Iswardi , Pabna)	24°08.65’ North Latitude 89°06.53’ East Longitude	30m
15.	Chapai Nawabganj	Anupnagar, Char Anupnagar, Chapainawabganj Sadar, Chapainawabganj	24°41.26’ North Latitude 88°24.47’ East Longitude	20m
16.	Naogaon	Bharatto Dubal-hati, Naogaon Sadar, Naogaon	24°50.81’ North Latitude 89°04.75’ East Longitude	20m
17.	Panchagarh	Begum Khaleda Zia Girls High School, Bhazanpur, Tentulia, Pancharh	26°27.57’ North Latitude 88°36.12’ East Longitude	20m
18.	Shah Jalal University of Science & Technology Campus , Sylhet	Tail gaon , Tuker Bazar, Sylhet Sadar, Sylhet	24°55.68’ North Latitude 91°55.92’ East Longitude	20m
19.	Finley Tea Garden, Moulavibazar	Balisera Tea Estate , Kaligath, Sreemangal, Moulvibazar	24°33.27’ North Latitude 91°54.17’ East Longitude	20m
20.	Kishoreganj	Kamalpur near Kamalpur Noahati Barrage, Mithamoin Sadar, Kishoreganj	24°27.92’ North Latitude 91°09.90’ East Longitude	30m