Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective
Due to high investment and maintenance costs, the government on Bangladesh is unable to provide sufficient support for grid extension and supplying electricity to remote or rural areas. The deficit in electricity introduces a crisis in powering irrigation systems, which influences negatively the cou...
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| description | Due to high investment and maintenance costs, the government on Bangladesh is unable to provide sufficient support for grid extension and supplying electricity to remote or rural areas. The deficit in electricity introduces a crisis in powering irrigation systems, which influences negatively the country’s dominant income-generating sector, agriculture. Islanded microgrids with solar photovoltaic (PV) cells is one of the most attractive solutions for providing power to rural areas due to their cost-effectiveness, reliability and environment-friendly attributes. Therefore, a techno-economic feasibility study has been undertaken to investigate the prospects of renewable energy-based islanded microgrids to support rural electrification to power both households and irrigation systems. Three case studies based on the operation time of irrigation pumps during the day are developed using the HOMER Pro Microgrid Analysis Tool to identify the optimised configurations for the proposed system. The optimised configurations are then assessed considering the performance matrices of the cost of electricity (COE), net present cost (NPC), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and renewable energy fraction (RF). From the analyses, it is perceived that the operation of irrigation pumps at different times of a day is a significant influence, and the optimum method considering techno-economical evaluation is to run the irrigation pumps during the daytime by solar PV. It is evident that the proposed islanded microgrid has significant potentialities in powering irrigation systems as well as rural electrification with low energy generation costs, a contribution to the reduction of global warming and to ameliorating the energy crisis in Bangladesh in order to achieve a sustainable future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3bafc918ef7c43af89919985d0a572a82022-12-22T02:52:41ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732018-05-01115128310.3390/en11051283en11051283Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh PerspectiveMd Asaduzzaman Shoeb0GM. Shafiullah1School of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, AustraliaSchool of Engineering and Information Technology, Murdoch University, Perth 6150, AustraliaDue to high investment and maintenance costs, the government on Bangladesh is unable to provide sufficient support for grid extension and supplying electricity to remote or rural areas. The deficit in electricity introduces a crisis in powering irrigation systems, which influences negatively the country’s dominant income-generating sector, agriculture. Islanded microgrids with solar photovoltaic (PV) cells is one of the most attractive solutions for providing power to rural areas due to their cost-effectiveness, reliability and environment-friendly attributes. Therefore, a techno-economic feasibility study has been undertaken to investigate the prospects of renewable energy-based islanded microgrids to support rural electrification to power both households and irrigation systems. Three case studies based on the operation time of irrigation pumps during the day are developed using the HOMER Pro Microgrid Analysis Tool to identify the optimised configurations for the proposed system. The optimised configurations are then assessed considering the performance matrices of the cost of electricity (COE), net present cost (NPC), greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and renewable energy fraction (RF). From the analyses, it is perceived that the operation of irrigation pumps at different times of a day is a significant influence, and the optimum method considering techno-economical evaluation is to run the irrigation pumps during the daytime by solar PV. It is evident that the proposed islanded microgrid has significant potentialities in powering irrigation systems as well as rural electrification with low energy generation costs, a contribution to the reduction of global warming and to ameliorating the energy crisis in Bangladesh in order to achieve a sustainable future.http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/5/1283energy crisisirrigationmicrogridsolar photovoltaic (PV)Bangladesh |
| spellingShingle | Md Asaduzzaman Shoeb GM. Shafiullah Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective Energies energy crisis irrigation microgrid solar photovoltaic (PV) Bangladesh |
| title | Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective |
| title_full | Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective |
| title_fullStr | Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective |
| title_full_unstemmed | Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective |
| title_short | Renewable Energy Integrated Islanded Microgrid for Sustainable Irrigation—A Bangladesh Perspective |
| title_sort | renewable energy integrated islanded microgrid for sustainable irrigation a bangladesh perspective |
| topic | energy crisis irrigation microgrid solar photovoltaic (PV) Bangladesh |
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