Biomass energy an alternative solution for Bangladesh

Abstract

Bangladesh has been experiencing several problems over the past few decades. Adequate amount of power generation in a sustainable way is an important issue for rapidly increasing population and economic development. Renewable energy can play an effective role to meet energy demand. Since it is an agricultural country, biomass is one of the potential renewable energy sources in Bangladesh. A large amount of cattle dung, Agricultural residue, poultry dropping, water hyacinth, rice husk etc. are available in Bangladesh which is used for power generation. Already some private organizations are producing power from the biomass. Biomass gasification has yet to consolidate its position compared to other techniques for exploiting biomass energy. In this paper, gasification techniques have been reviewed. This paper also presents the scope, potential and technologies related to the use of biomass resources.