Feasibility Study of Wind Power Generation in Bangladesh: A Statistical Study in the Perspective of Wind Power Density and Plant Capacity Factor

Abstract

Bangladesh has a projected electricity demand of 10283 MW by the end of the year 2015. Despite having huge coastline and relatively large area only 100 MW of that huge demand is projected to come from wind power sources. Bulk of this generation is planned to be deployed in the coastal area and adjacent islands. But there are other places of interest for wind power generation, which could be a good means for solving the huge power crisis in Bangladesh. In this paper, feasibility of different scale of wind power generation in 35 different places is studied in the perspective of Wind Power Density (WPD) and Plant Capacity Factor (PCF) at different turbine heights. Only 5 of those sites attain power class 2 or more at 50m height and 17 of them are projected to achieve a PCF of 20% or greater for micro scale generation.  At 120m height only 5 sites are projected to attain a much larger WPD and achieve a power class of 2 or more and remaining 30 places still belong to power class 1. Feasibility of deploying large scale wind turbine at Chittagong and Jessore, medium scale at Khepupara, and small scale at Cox’s Bazar and Hatiya is studied. All 5 sites attain a PCF of 26% or more which reinforces the feasibility of deploying different scale of wind turbine at those sites.

Keywords

• Bangladesh; Wind Power; Feasibility; Wind Power Density; Plant Capacity Factor; Wind Power Class

References

1. Bangladesh Power Development Board. Dhaka, Bangladesh. Web. http://www.bpdb.gov.bd/bpdb/ (2012).
2. Accessed on 28 November 2012.
3. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Statistical Year book of Bangladesh 2011. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics,
4. Agargaon, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Web. http://www.bbs.gov.bd/PageWebMenuContent.aspx?Men uKey=115 (2012). Accessed on 28 November 2012.
5. D.A. Hossain, Sustainable Development Networking Program: Wind Energy in Bangladesh. BCAS, 2012.
6. Web. http://www.sdnbd.org/wind.htm (2012).
7. S.I. Khan, A. Islam and A.H. Khan, “Energy Forecasting of Bangladesh in Gas Sector Using LEAP Software” Global Journal of Researches in Engineering (GJRE), Vol. 11, Issue. 1, pp. 15-20, February 2011.
8. M.J. Hossain, S. Biswas and A. Islam, “Bio-Diesel from Mustard Oil: A Renewable Alternative Fuel for Small Diesel Engines”, Modern Mechanical Engineering (MME), Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 77-83, November 2011.

9. M.A. Masood, R. Mirza, J. Ahmed, A.H. Abedin, S.R. Deeba, F. Hafiz, M. Begum and A.H. Chowdhury, “Design of a Cost Effective Off-Grid Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System in an Island of Bangladesh”, World Technology, Issue 60, pp. 312-315, December 2011. Science, Engineering and T.R Oke, Initial Guidance to Obtain Representative
10. Meteorological Observations at Urban Sites: Instruments and Organization, Report No. 81, WMO/TD-No. 1250, 2006. World Meteorological
11. Wind Power, A Clean and Renewable Energy: Renewable Energy - as Large-Scale Clean Resource for Energy-Short World. Web. http://www.renewableenergyst.org/wind.htm (2012).
12. Wind Power Density, The encyclopedia of Alternative Sustainable http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/W/AE_wind_ power_density.html (2012). Accessed on 28 November Living, Web.
13. L. Wang, T.H. Yeh, W.J. Lee and Z. Chen, “Benefit Evaluation of Wind Turbine Generators in Wind Farms Using Capacity-Factor Analysis and Economic-Cost Methods”, IEEE Trans. on Power Systems, Vol. 24, No. , pp. 692-704, 2009.
14. AWS Scientific, Inc., Fundamentals for Conducting a Successful Monitoring Program. CESTM, 251 Fuller Road Albany, NY 12203. Web.www.awsscientific.com
15. (1997). Accessed on 28 November 2012.
16. M.D. Miah, R.R.M.S Kabir, M. Koike, S. Akther and M.Y. Shin, “Rural household energy consumption pattern in the disregarded villages of Bangladesh”, Energy Policy, Vol. 38, Issue 2, pp. 997-1003, February
17. M. Mirhosseini, “Assessing the Wind Energy Potential Locations in Province of Semnan in Iran”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 449-459, January 2011.
18. M.A. Motin, M.F. Zaman and M.R.I. Sheikh, “Energy Efficient Modeling of Solar Wind Hybrid Power System for a Tourist Island”, International Journal of Advanced Renewable Energy Research, Vol. 1, Issue.1, pp. 1- 7, 2012.
19. R. O. Fagbenle, J. Katende, O. O. Ajayi and J. O. Okeniyi, “Assessment of Wind Energy Potential of Two Sites in North-East, Nigeria”, Renewable Energy, Vol. , No. 4, pp. 1277-1283, April 2011.
20. R. Billinton and G. Bai, “Generation Capacity Adequacy Associated with Wind Energy”, IEEE Trans. on Energy Conversion, vol. 19, pp. 641-646, 2004.
21. R. Karki and R. Billinton, “Cost-Effective Wind Energy Utilization for Reliable Power Supply”, IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, Vol. 19, Issue 2, pp. 440, June 2004.
22. D.R. Pecen, D.M. Salim and D.M. Timmerman, “A Hybrid Solar-Wind Power Generation System as an Instructional Students”, Journal of Industrial Technology, Vol. 16, No. for , July 2000. Industrial Technology
23. M. Muralikrishna and V. Lakshminarayana, “Hybrid (Solar and Electrification”, ARPN Journal of Engineering and Energy Applied Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 5, October 2008. Rural
24. A. Roy, “Reliable Estimation of Density Distribution in Potential Wind Power Sites of Bangladesh”, International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, Vol.2, No.2, pp. 219-226, 2012.
25. O. Márton, “Maximum Power Point Tracking for Small Scale Wind Turbine with Self-Excited Induction Generator”, Control Engineering & Applied Informatics, Vol.11, No.2, pp. 30-34, 2009.
26. Wind Power Authority; Top 5 Wind Turbines for Low Speed Wind Conditions. http://windpowerauthority.com/top-5-low-speed-wind- turbines. Web. A.K Hossain and O. Badr, “Prospects of renewable energy Bangladesh”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 11, Issue 8, pp. 1617-1649, 2007. in
27. A.K.M.S Islam, M. Islam, and T. Rahman, “Effective renewable energy activities in Bangladesh”, Renewable Energy, Vol. 31, pp. 677-688, 2006.
28. M. R. Islam and M.R.A. Beg, “Renewable energy sources and technology practice in Bangladesh”, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 12, Issue 2, pp. 299-343, February 2008.
29. S.I. Khan and A. Islam, “Performance analysis of solar water heater”, Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 396-398, November 2011.