Power from Adani expected in March

Staff Reporter :
Indian Adani Group is likely to supply power from its under construction Jharkhand power plant to Bangladesh in March through a dedicated transmission line.
A dedicated transmission line has already been constructed from India to Bangladesh and it would be possible to import power from Adani’s power plant in the middle of March.
Bangladesh’s State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid said this after visiting the construction site of Adani Power Limited in India’s Jharkhand on Tuesday, according to a press release issued by the power, energy and mineral resources ministry.
“We are hopeful to get 750MW electricity from Adani’s Power Plant Unit-01 in the middle of March. Bangladesh needs more power to meet the summer demand. We are searching alternate energy sources. The energy and power division is working to supply uninterrupted power at a reasonable price,” Nasrul Hamid said.
Power Secretary Md Habibur Rahman and Power Development Board Chairman Md Mahbubur Rahman were present with the State Minister.
India’s tycoon Gautam Adani plans to start exporting electricity from a coal-fired plant in eastern India to Bangladesh, helping to alleviate energy shortages in Bangladesh.
Earlier in 2011, a cooperation framework agreement was signed between India and Bangladesh for the purpose of cooperation in the country’s power sector.
Under the agreement, the Power Development Board (PDB) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India’s Adani Power Limited on August 11, 2015. The purchase agreement was signed with Adani on October 5, 2017.
According to the agreement, the PDB will purchase 1,496 MW of electricity from Adani’s power plant in the next 25 years.
Price of per unit electricity has been fixed Tk 6.89 and it will be needed to spend at least Tk 1.90 lakh crore to meet the power price.
According to power and energy ministry, Bangladesh’s power generation capacity is now 25,730 MW, but it generated highest 14,782 MW on April 16 last year.