| Project Detail |
The objective of the project is to increase power generation capacity in Bangladesh and help the country
meet its power demand as it faces acute power shortages. Upon completion, the project will increase
power generation by around 1,300 gigawatt hours annually.
III. Project description
The project will be developed by Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Company Private Limited
through Nutan Bidyut (Bangladesh) Limited (NBBL), a special purpose vehicle incorporated in
Bangladesh for the sole purpose of developing and operating the project.
The 220 MW power plant will include two gas turbine generators, two heat recovery steam generators
and one steam turbine generator along with the balance of the plant, including facilities for fuel gas
transportation, compression and conditioning system, high-speed diesel storage, cooling water system
and water treatment facility. Power will be evacuated through the proposed gas insulated switchyard of
the proposed plant to the existing 230 kV air insulated switchyard to Barisal substation through the
existing 230 kV transmission line. A gas pipeline of around 5 kilometers from the Shahbazpur gas field
to the project site alongside the existing pipeline will be constructed.
Preliminary construction work began in the fourth quarter of 2017 and will be completed in approximately
26 months, with combined cycle commercial operations targeted to commence by December 2019. |
