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Bangladesh : PAYRA coal power plant in 2019 to be commissioned
Publish Date : 13-Oct-2015
Officials executing a 1,320MW coal-based power plant near Patuakhalis Payra maritime port expect that it will begin generating electricity in 2019. The joint venture company established to implement the plan has by now invited international tenders from interested bidders for the engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) and commissioning of the ultra super-critical plant having two 660MW units on turn-key basis.
Bangladesh-China Power Company (Pvt) Limited (BCPCL) a joint venture firm of Chinese power company CMC and state-owned North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) will implement the mega power project. A memorandum of understanding was inked by the NWPGCL and the CMC on March 19 last year to set up the plant. The plant will be built on the bank of the Rabnabad River near Payra maritime port at an estimated cost of $2bn.
Up to now, the NWPGCL has executed two 150MW power plants one in Sirajganj and the other in Khulna. BCPCL Managing Director AM Khurshedul Alam said that they would be able to select the EPC contractor at the end of March next year. He expected that the first unit would start commissioning on April 25, 2019 and the second one on October 25 the same year.
The government has a plan to establish series of coal-fired power projects to create 20,000MW of electricity by 2030. The NWPGCL and the CMC will have equal share in the joint venture company. The project will be executed on a 30:70 equity:debt basis. It means the NWPGCL and the CMC will have to offer 30% fund of the total project cost and mobilise the other 70% from international sources.
It will be constructed in Kalapara on a 397 hectare land. To purchase the land from locals, the government transferred Tk69 crore to the deputy commissioner of Patuakhali on April 29.
State-owned West Zone Power Distribution Company is assigned to build a 65km 33kv distribution line from Patuakhali 132/33 kV Grid sub-station to the project area with two 33/0.4 kV and 200kva transformers. The land development and protection project concerning Tk783 crore was approved by the Ecnec on October 21 previous year.
