Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure and Its Distributed Generation Solutions in Remote Areas

This paper investigates two key factors that potentially enable sustainable telephone and Internet connectivity to majority of households in remote locations. These are 'affordable telecommunications infrastructure' and 'its locally available distributed generation solutions'. Several telecommunication technologies are reviewed and one that is affordable and has the lowest power consumption for remote equipment is discussed in detail. This is followed by insights into the system configurations and estimates of peak power and energy usage for each component. Next, the paper reviews the availability of renewable energy resources as well as fossil fuel resources in the target country - Bangladesh. Finally, based on the resource availability, a range of power schemes are examined which can support these systems and meet the electricity demand.