EMPLOYING BIOGAS POWERED BASE TRANSCEIVER STATION IN BANGLADESH: CURRENT AND FUTURE PROSPECT

Abstract

Biogas is gaining popularity for providing green power in Bangladesh. Since the last decade, market penetration rate of cell phone has almost doubled especially in rural areas. Due to power scarcity, most operators are taking more and more BTSs off-grid. Some of them are renewable energy powered and most of those are solar based PV-cell powered. But as initial CAPEX is very high and efficiency is quite low so many operators are looking for better alternatives. Biogas can be an answer to their call. At present one biogas powered BTS is running on test basis. In this paper, current state and future prospect of biogas in telecom sector of Bangladesh is discussed.