Anisul Islam Noor :
The government after resume its tenure for three consecutive terms, has reviewed the implement 10 mega projects of power sector, daily generation capacity of about 15,000 MW electricity, and gave a directive to implement the project as early as possible.
A powerful committee of Prime Minister Office will monitor the project implementation closely and will take measures immediately for any kind of the projection implementation, said an official of PM office.
However, the government’s main focus is on raising the electricity production to 26,000 MW by 2021 ahead of celebrating the 50th year of independence.
Of the 15,000 MW of power, officials said, 11,000 MW will come from nine projects of the Power and Energy Ministry, while 4,000 MW from nuclear power plant under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The implementation of three of nine mega projects under the Power and Energy Ministry has already started, while the first phase of 2,400 MW of the 4,000MW nuclear power started by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
They are 1320 MW Moitri Super Thermal Power Project taken under Bangladesh-India joint venture with a target to implement it by 2019 in Rampal, 1200 MW Materbari Coal-based Power Plant of Coal Power General
Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) in Cox’s Bazar, financed by JICA, with a targeted implementation time of 2021 and the 1320 MW Paira Coal-based Power Pant taken under Bangladesh-China joint venture.
The North-West Power Generation Company Ltd (NWPGCL) of Bangladesh and CMC of China has got engaged to implement the 1320 MW Paira coal-fired project in Patuakhali.
According to the officials, the seven other mega projects are now at different stages of implementation although their physical work could not yet start because of non-settlement of funding and some other technical issues.
They are 1320 MW Pekua power plant of EGCB-MITSUI joint venture (implementation target: 2023), PDB’s 1200 MW Moheshkhali Coal-fired Power Plant (2024), 1320 MW Moheshkhali coal-fired power plant (2022), 1320 MW Ashuganj Power Plant (2021), 1200 MW Coal-fired Power Plant of CPGCL-SEMCROP (2023) and LNG-based combined cycle power plant of Reliance Group of India (2023).
The government after resume its tenure for three consecutive terms, has reviewed the implement 10 mega projects of power sector, daily generation capacity of about 15,000 MW electricity, and gave a directive to implement the project as early as possible.
A powerful committee of Prime Minister Office will monitor the project implementation closely and will take measures immediately for any kind of the projection implementation, said an official of PM office.
However, the government’s main focus is on raising the electricity production to 26,000 MW by 2021 ahead of celebrating the 50th year of independence.
Of the 15,000 MW of power, officials said, 11,000 MW will come from nine projects of the Power and Energy Ministry, while 4,000 MW from nuclear power plant under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
The implementation of three of nine mega projects under the Power and Energy Ministry has already started, while the first phase of 2,400 MW of the 4,000MW nuclear power started by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
They are 1320 MW Moitri Super Thermal Power Project taken under Bangladesh-India joint venture with a target to implement it by 2019 in Rampal, 1200 MW Materbari Coal-based Power Plant of Coal Power General
Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) in Cox’s Bazar, financed by JICA, with a targeted implementation time of 2021 and the 1320 MW Paira Coal-based Power Pant taken under Bangladesh-China joint venture.
The North-West Power Generation Company Ltd (NWPGCL) of Bangladesh and CMC of China has got engaged to implement the 1320 MW Paira coal-fired project in Patuakhali.
According to the officials, the seven other mega projects are now at different stages of implementation although their physical work could not yet start because of non-settlement of funding and some other technical issues.
They are 1320 MW Pekua power plant of EGCB-MITSUI joint venture (implementation target: 2023), PDB’s 1200 MW Moheshkhali Coal-fired Power Plant (2024), 1320 MW Moheshkhali coal-fired power plant (2022), 1320 MW Ashuganj Power Plant (2021), 1200 MW Coal-fired Power Plant of CPGCL-SEMCROP (2023) and LNG-based combined cycle power plant of Reliance Group of India (2023).
