Solid State Lighting can resolve the present power crisis in Bangladesh

Abstract

Power crisis is the most concerning problem in Bangladesh for the past few decades. Despite a lot of attempts by the Bangladesh Government, due to increasing population & rapid industrial growth, this problem seems to be augmenting day by day. Energy preservation is the result of financial capital increase of the country and also increases the environmental values. Being a developing country, Bangladesh lacks the utilization of renewable energy sources, so almost majority of the power generation techniques are based on Fossil Fuel, Gas and Coal, which is created air and water pollution, also negative impact on global calamity. So, to solve the power crisis, alternative means are needed to be taken account of. If power consumption can be reduced somehow, then with the present generation capacity, it would be possible to generate power in coherence with the demand of the consumers. In this paper, we have discussed about how Solid State Lighting (SSL) like Light Emitting Diode (LED) can reduce the daily power consumption in Bangladesh. SSL offers many benefits such as long life, energy saving, better quality light and so on, only one drawback is initially high cost which is not accountable for long terms use. By utilizing the features of SSL the power consumption in Bangladesh can be reduced significantly. We have represented the features of solid state lighting compared to other means of lighting sources. We have shown LEDs prospective contribution in reducing the power consumption with necessary calculations and statistics.