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Bangladesh: PDB To Float Tender To Install 40 Km Grid Transmission Line To Import Power From India
Publish Date : 19-Feb-2010
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) will float international tender in next month to install 40 km high voltage power transmission line in bordering areas to import power from India. Secretary of the power division said this today at a press conference at his office saying that, if everything goes in right track than we could import 250 MW power from India within next two years. He said the deal would require synchronisation of the transmission systems of the two countries as Bangladesh system is based on 232 KV AC line while the Indian system is based on 400 KV line. We will need to transform the connecting points of the two systems into high voltage DC line or (HVDC) as back-to- back link of 250 MW capacity,.
A joint technical team of Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) and Bangladesh Power Developed Board (BPDB) and Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has been working on the issue to work out a cost estimate for grid inter-connection, power ministry sources said. According to the MoU signed by the prime ministers of Bangladesh and India, the power exchange could take place during off peak hours of the day through certain points. Iswardi- Behrampur or Asuganj-Tripura are considered to be the most viable sites for the exchange project. The two countries are set to exchange electricity for nearly 17 hours a day.
Power ministry sources said it was estimated that approximately 869.21 crore rupee (Indian currency) is needed to carry out the plan, however, Bangladesh would invest 708.88 crore rupee and India to invest 160.33 crore rupee for the Indian portion. Power secretary told the press conference that a MoU has been signed on power connectivity between the two countries during the visit of the Prime minister to India last month.
