Energy Estimations and Hypothetical Design of an Exclusive Tourism Spot in Coastal Region Named “Bhasan Char” of Bangladesh

Taskina Nasrin

doi:10.37591/.v9i3.2775

Abstract

Bhasan Char is a coastal island at Hatiya upzilla of Noakhali District. It is a single charwhich has been uncovered from the Bay of Bengal a few years back. An emergencyhumanitarian project implemented by the government of Bangladesh at this coastal island“Bhasan Char”, from September 2017, to temporarily rehabilitate a portion of incomingRohingya refugees before they can repatriate to their homeland, Myanmar. Under thisproject, government of Bangladesh carries out land development, construction of embankmentas well as other infrastructures. Upon repatriation of Rohingya to Myanmar, we can use thedeveloped land and surroundings as exclusive tourist zone due to its location from mainland.This paper is a proposal to establish Bhasan Char as an exclusive tourism spot in modularbasis as a pilot project. We have carried out a hypothetical design of this spot and alsocalculated the energy requirement for sustainable operation. We have selected environmentfriendly green energy to be as a major source of energy. We want pollution level to be veryminimum there.Keywords: Bhasan Char, Renewable energy, Rohinga refugees, solar energy, sustainableenergy system, tourism industry, wind energy