Progression and amelioration of microgrid system are now spreading its technological enchant almost all around the world. Even isolated areas are getting access to electricity and more people are contributing in national economy and earning their livelihood. On-grid and off-grid microgrid systems with any combination of distributed energy resources (DERs) like solar-wind-biogas-microhydro-diesel generator/HFO are playing a vital role for socioeconomic solvency in developing countries. In spite

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... f limited resources and lack of technological supports in the renewable energy sector, Bangladesh is gradually achieving success in the field of hybrid distributed power generation utilizing its renewable distributed energy resources (renewable DERs). By keeping pace with government's planning, an off-grid standalone microgrid system integrated with renewable DERs has been proposed in this paper with a feasible estimated cost for electricity-deprived people of Hatia Island, Bangladesh.