Renewable Energy Sector in Bangladesh: The Current Scenario, Challenges and the Role of IoT in Building a Smart Distribution Grid

Abdul Hasib Siddique,Sumaiya Tasnim,Fahim Shahriyar,Khalid Rashid,Mehedi Hasan

doi:10.3390/en14165083

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Advancement in electricity is the key ingredient that can actively take part in alleviating poverty and drastically improve the socio-economic status of the people of Bangladesh. The incorporation of renewable energy sources would help the country meet the energy requirement as well as contribute positively towards building a sustainable planet. The paper has extensively discussed the potential aspects of renewable energy resources in Bangladesh and how the Internet of Things can facilitate the implementation of intermittent sources. The regulatory and socio-economic aspects of the renewable energy industry have been explored and sustainable solutions will be discussed to fast-track the process of integrating various renewable energy sources in the power grid to meet the energy demand. The paper discusses the challenges associated with the RE integration in Bangladesh’s power mix and tries to mitigate it through the IoT. Besides that, an RE map for Bangladesh along with prospective power network has also been discussed in this work.

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Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. With the ever-increasing global population and urbanization, the electricity demand has skyrocketed [1]. It is paramount to understand the critical scale the world is at with coal-generated power and its impacts on the global climate and electricity market [2]. The “three Ds” (decentralize, decarbonize and democratize) in the energy industry across the globe are driven by the need to control the rapidly increasing carbon footprint and address the climate changes, mitigate the cost of electricity generation, restore aging electrical infrastructure and supply power to remote locations [3]

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