ICT in SMART Energy for Sustainable Empowerment- final year project report [CSC-404] 

Abstract

Energy is indispensable in modem society and is one of the most important components
of socio-economic development. The generation of sufficient energy to fulfill both
personal and industrial needs has become the most challenging issue of the 21st century.
For a developing country like Nepal, it is always a difficult task to address the increasing
energy demand due to large financial and technical deficiency. Further, full dependency
on hydropower for energy generation is also a major problem for energy deficit in the
country. To overcome this problem, Government of Nepal has evolved various plans and
policies to accelerate the annual energy production rate. Renewable Energy is one of the
probable solutions to the increasing energy deficit. Alternative Energy Promotion Centre
(AEPC) is the apex institution under Government of Nepal, that handles overall
renewable energy project running in the country. This project report presents a brief
account on current energy status of Nepal and role of ICT for sustainable development of
renewable energy. It also highlights the opportunities and barriers for the ICT
implementation in Nepal.
The project entitled “ICT in SMART Energy for Sustainable Empowerment” has been
designed with an aim to support AEPC, more precisely Biogas sub-component for
effective decision making and to increase workforce productivity. During our research
work, this project came up with the necessity of web application for sustainable growth of
Biogas sub-component. The Biogas component is in need of a web application for their
upcoming project Industrial Biogas Plant for information storage and retrieval. The
proposed web application “Web based Management & Monitoring System” is expected to
meet all the requirements to the fullest. It encompasses all the features that an application
must have. It allows for data storage and manipulation that are relevant to Biogas
component.
Data analysis and projections are the important assets of this application. It is capable to
generate fruitful information from the data processing. Data projections enable
beholders to understand the progress in the biogas plant project including input, output
and target set. Ultimately, it supports top level management to understand the
effectiveness of the policies, strategies applied and for effective decision making. Impact
evaluation capability is the key feature of this application. Results thus generated helps
stake holders to understand the effects of implementing biogas plant projects and to make
future plans / strategies accordingly.