Staff Reporter :
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed two separate deals with firms of Malaysia and China’s firms to build 1320MW coal power plant at Moheskhali and repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant from existing 210 MW to 416.3 MW.
BPDB on Wednesday signed a joint venture agreement with Malysian farms Consortium of Tenaga Nasinol Berhad (TNB) and Powertek Energy Sdn Berhad (PESB) to build a 1320MW coal power plant at Moheskhali of Conx’s Bazar.
The signing ceremony was held in a hotel of Potrajaya in Malaysia. BPDB Chairman Md Shamsul Hasan Mia and Tenaga’s President Datuk Seri Ir Azman Mohd and Diretor of Powertek Dato mark William Ling Lee Meng signed the agreement on behalf of their respective companies.
Addressing the function, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that Bangladesh would like to gather experience from Malaysia in skill management in power generation and distribution.
Powertek is already in Bangladesh and generating 920MW electricity.
On September 2014, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for cooperation in power sector in G to g level. In the proposed joint venture, the estimated cost amounted to USD 2.5 billion.
On the other hand, the Chinese National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation has been awarded a $117 million order from BPDB for repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant, the largest power station in Bangladesh.
This will be the first repowering project for the country and will witness a much-needed increase in power generation capacity for Bangladesh by adding more than 200 megawatts (MW) of cleaner power to the national grid, a press release of the global GE Company said today.
The project calls for repowering the existing 210 MW Power Machines (LMZ 200) steam turbine which is run by a gas-fired boiler by transforming it into a combined cycle power plant. The repowering will be achieved by installing a gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to generate an efficient 416.3 MW in combined cycle mode.
“GE is proud to be a partner in building and expanding the power generation infrastructure of Bangladesh and is committed to help the country achieve its energy goals of supplying electricity to all by 2021,” said Deepesh Nanda, CEO for GE’s Gas Power Systems business, GE South Asia.
As part of the overall repowering scope, the station’s existing steam turbine will be retrofitted with GE’s advanced reaction design steam turbine high pressure (HP) module, intermediate pressure (IP) module and lower pressure (LP) inner module to suit the new steam parameters.
GE’s innovative solutions will help substantially reduce carbon emissions from the power plant by enhancing the station’s overall efficiency of the plant to 54 percent.
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed two separate deals with firms of Malaysia and China’s firms to build 1320MW coal power plant at Moheskhali and repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant from existing 210 MW to 416.3 MW.
BPDB on Wednesday signed a joint venture agreement with Malysian farms Consortium of Tenaga Nasinol Berhad (TNB) and Powertek Energy Sdn Berhad (PESB) to build a 1320MW coal power plant at Moheskhali of Conx’s Bazar.
The signing ceremony was held in a hotel of Potrajaya in Malaysia. BPDB Chairman Md Shamsul Hasan Mia and Tenaga’s President Datuk Seri Ir Azman Mohd and Diretor of Powertek Dato mark William Ling Lee Meng signed the agreement on behalf of their respective companies.
Addressing the function, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said that Bangladesh would like to gather experience from Malaysia in skill management in power generation and distribution.
Powertek is already in Bangladesh and generating 920MW electricity.
On September 2014, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed for cooperation in power sector in G to g level. In the proposed joint venture, the estimated cost amounted to USD 2.5 billion.
On the other hand, the Chinese National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation has been awarded a $117 million order from BPDB for repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant, the largest power station in Bangladesh.
This will be the first repowering project for the country and will witness a much-needed increase in power generation capacity for Bangladesh by adding more than 200 megawatts (MW) of cleaner power to the national grid, a press release of the global GE Company said today.
The project calls for repowering the existing 210 MW Power Machines (LMZ 200) steam turbine which is run by a gas-fired boiler by transforming it into a combined cycle power plant. The repowering will be achieved by installing a gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to generate an efficient 416.3 MW in combined cycle mode.
“GE is proud to be a partner in building and expanding the power generation infrastructure of Bangladesh and is committed to help the country achieve its energy goals of supplying electricity to all by 2021,” said Deepesh Nanda, CEO for GE’s Gas Power Systems business, GE South Asia.
As part of the overall repowering scope, the station’s existing steam turbine will be retrofitted with GE’s advanced reaction design steam turbine high pressure (HP) module, intermediate pressure (IP) module and lower pressure (LP) inner module to suit the new steam parameters.
GE’s innovative solutions will help substantially reduce carbon emissions from the power plant by enhancing the station’s overall efficiency of the plant to 54 percent.
