Feasibility Study of Optimized Off-Grid Hybrid Power System to Overcome Power Crisis of Khamarullahpara Village, Bangladesh

For the sustainable development of Bangladesh uninterrupted power supply is needed. Though a lot of research has been done on optimized renewable energy model for different islands of Bangladesh, a few research was done for the rural areas of Bangladesh. The power crisis in the national grid is the main reason for the decentralized hybrid energy model. This paper represents the optimized hybrid energy model of Khamarullahpara, considering the primary load of 1109 kWh/d with 146kW peak. This hybrid energy model is a combination of 100 kW solar photovoltaic array, one biogas plant of 100kW and one diesel generator of 10 kW. Very low carbon emission and comparatively low cost of energy (COE) are mainly focused while designing this model. The COE is about 10BDT/kWh. The Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) software is used for the development of this optimized model.