Economic Reporter :
The government is likely to install a 660MW capacity coal-fired power plant at the mine mouth of Dhighipara coal-mine, the second largest coalfield of the country situated about 300 kilometers away from the capital Dhaka.
“We have decided to sign a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the Chinese state-owned power construction corporation of China popularly Power China Resources Ltd (PCR) to implement the mine mouth power project,” a concerned official said. Besides, the government decided to conduct a feasibility study through Petrobangla to implement the project, the official said.
Recently, the ministry of power, energy and mineral resources held a meeting with the State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid in the chair. During the meeting, officials of Petrobangla said the government would consider a plan to conduct survey on water sources to implement the plant as the Barapukuria coal-fired plant faces water crisis. On the other hand, the PowerChina has an experience to implement series of coal-fired power plants with total capacity of generating 2122MW of electricity.
The government will require 1.55 million tonnes of coal per year to implement the power project at Dighipara coal mine mouth having capacity of generation of 660MW electricity for the next 25 years period.
The reserve of the coal-mine is estimated at 150 million tonness of coal.
Md Aminuzzaman, Managing Director of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) who is now director of Petrobangla said, “We have a plan to develop the coalmine to extract 3.0 million tonnes of coal annually.”
The government is likely to install a 660MW capacity coal-fired power plant at the mine mouth of Dhighipara coal-mine, the second largest coalfield of the country situated about 300 kilometers away from the capital Dhaka.
“We have decided to sign a nonbinding memorandum of understanding with the Chinese state-owned power construction corporation of China popularly Power China Resources Ltd (PCR) to implement the mine mouth power project,” a concerned official said. Besides, the government decided to conduct a feasibility study through Petrobangla to implement the project, the official said.
Recently, the ministry of power, energy and mineral resources held a meeting with the State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid in the chair. During the meeting, officials of Petrobangla said the government would consider a plan to conduct survey on water sources to implement the plant as the Barapukuria coal-fired plant faces water crisis. On the other hand, the PowerChina has an experience to implement series of coal-fired power plants with total capacity of generating 2122MW of electricity.
The government will require 1.55 million tonnes of coal per year to implement the power project at Dighipara coal mine mouth having capacity of generation of 660MW electricity for the next 25 years period.
The reserve of the coal-mine is estimated at 150 million tonness of coal.
Md Aminuzzaman, Managing Director of Barapukuria Coal Mine Company Ltd (BCMCL) who is now director of Petrobangla said, “We have a plan to develop the coalmine to extract 3.0 million tonnes of coal annually.”
