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Pradeep Kumar

07/07/21 10:30 AM IST

1320MW Maitree Power project

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Secretary (Power) Govt of India met Secretary (Power) Govt of Bangladesh today through video conferencing for the issues related to 1320MW Maitree Power project.

Participants

The meeting was attended by senior officials including the officials from Ministry of Power (MoP), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), High Commissioner of India in Bangladesh, Department of Heavy Industries (DHI), Central Electricity Authority (CEA), NTPC Ltd. BHEL and BIFPCL. 

Highlights
  • This meeting was convened shortly after the 8th High Level Monitoring Committee meeting held on 17.06.2021 during which certain critical issues were identified that required to be addressed for timely commissioning of unit#1 in December 2021.
  • The project is an environmentally friendly supercritical technology based thermal power plant, and the first unit of this project would be commissioned in December’2021 i.e. coinciding with Golden Jubilee celebration of Victory Day of Bangladesh and Unit#2 is expected to be commissioned matching with the implementation of associated transmission system.
Maitree Power project
  • The Maitree super thermal power project is a 1,320MW coal-fired power station under construction in Rampal, Bangladesh.
  • The power plant is being developed by Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company (BIFPCL), a 50:50 joint venture between India’s state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).
  • Construction on the Rampal power plant was started in 2017 with commissioning expected by 2022.
  • It will be one of the biggest coal-fired power plants in Bangladesh, along with the Payra Power Plant in Pataukhali that commenced test production in January 2020.
Source: PIB

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