3 units of Ashuganj power station shut down due to tech fault

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bdnews24.com :Three units of the Ashuganj power station in Brahmanbarhia have stopped functioning due to mechanical malfunction.The power station officials on Wednesday said around 8am those three units stopped generating electricity as a result of which 264MW less powerwas supplied to the National Grid. Power station’s Engineer Md Yakub told bdnews24.com that in the morning 132-KV line tripped at the switch yard’s substation.”As a result Unit-2 of 64MW capacity, Unit-3 of 150MW capacity and 50MW gas engine unit shut down at the same time.”The in-house engineers are trying to resume power generation by the units as soon as possible by repairing the damage.

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