Prospect of Biogas & Biomass as Potential Sources of Renewable Energy in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, not being bestowed with fossil fuels is compelled to rely on renewable energy sources. Despite having potentiality as sustainable energy sources, due to the lack of proper planning, biogas and biomass contribution to master plan by Bangladesh government of having 5% of total generation from renewable energy sources will be insufficient. Even IDCOL, the leading contributor in this field is struggling to keep up with their envisioned target of 37,269 Biogas plants within Dec. 2012 as their trend of installment estimate only 29,320 plants at end of year 2012. By 2015, if their current scheme sustains, only 3268 cubic meter per year for biogas will be produced and 14.5 million tons of coal equivalent for biomass generation will be insufficient comparing to demand of 66.46 million tons of coal equivalent. Trend analysis by means of least mean square algorithm is presented to show the demand-supply discrepancy up to 2015.