Optimal Power Flow among the Nine Electrical Zones of Bangladesh: 2030 Scenarios

The world's electricity demand is ever increasing since the digitalization and industrialization have begun. Bangladesh as a developing country has a power sector that has been one of the fastest-growing ones in South-Asia. A relentless development of its economy is urging the government to increase the generation capacity every year. Bangladesh Power Development Board's master plan aims to generate 39,000 MW by 2030. This study is a representation of the 2030 generation scenarios in terms of real power flows between the 9 electrical zones of Bangladesh. An optimal power flow model with minimum-cost generations is developed in MATPOWER simulation environment. The DCOPF model simulated here, considers a loss-less network where only real power flows among 13 interconnections for the 9 zones are considered. The power flow values and directions obtained here give an approximate idea of the future generation and transmission of real power in Bangladesh for the year 2030.