Economic Reporter :
The Indian company Reliance Power has requested the Bangladesh government to finalise an agreement to construct a 1500 megawatt combined cycle centre at Chattogram. This comes on the heels of the decision to purchase power from Meghnaghat.
Senior vice president and business head (gas) of Reliance, Samir Kumar Gupta, sent a written proposal to power secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus.
Earlier, in 2015, Reliance and Power Development Board (PDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for constructing a 3000-megawatt power plant, which they termed’ phase one’. On Sept 1, this year, another deal was signed to construct an LNG based 715-megawatt plant at Meghnaghat.
A day after the deal, Reliance, sold 49 percent of the project shares to JIRA of Japan.
The letter says that the Combined Cycle Power Plant will be operational for 22 years and per unit of gas-based power, will be 2.14 Cent. But if any other fuel is used, the cost will change. The idea is to take gas from Petrobangla and run the plant.
A 75-acre land has been selected and after all deals, the centre will go into production within 42 months. Reliance has asked PDB to issue Letter of Intent (LoI).
“The government has taken short, medium and long term plans to meet energy crisis and thanks to the implementation of short term work, people have got power; now long term jobs are being carried out,” says a power department official.
The Indian company Reliance Power has requested the Bangladesh government to finalise an agreement to construct a 1500 megawatt combined cycle centre at Chattogram. This comes on the heels of the decision to purchase power from Meghnaghat.
Senior vice president and business head (gas) of Reliance, Samir Kumar Gupta, sent a written proposal to power secretary Dr Ahmad Kaikaus.
Earlier, in 2015, Reliance and Power Development Board (PDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for constructing a 3000-megawatt power plant, which they termed’ phase one’. On Sept 1, this year, another deal was signed to construct an LNG based 715-megawatt plant at Meghnaghat.
A day after the deal, Reliance, sold 49 percent of the project shares to JIRA of Japan.
The letter says that the Combined Cycle Power Plant will be operational for 22 years and per unit of gas-based power, will be 2.14 Cent. But if any other fuel is used, the cost will change. The idea is to take gas from Petrobangla and run the plant.
A 75-acre land has been selected and after all deals, the centre will go into production within 42 months. Reliance has asked PDB to issue Letter of Intent (LoI).
“The government has taken short, medium and long term plans to meet energy crisis and thanks to the implementation of short term work, people have got power; now long term jobs are being carried out,” says a power department official.
