Bangladesh to buy 500 MW power from india by 2012

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Bhutan is already exporting power to India. Bhutan has maximum Hydro power plans / area. Some Indian companies have plants setup there in colaboration.

I think the discussion here is when India will have excess power after acquiring Nuclear Power plants in next 2 yrs , then export of power will start. there is a plan of 22 nuclear new power plants and i assume the ones in the east supplying power to Kolkatta would be leveraged to export to Bangla bandhu's.

There is talks going on for equity investment from BD to India as well as Bhutan. We are basically looking towards Bhutan to invest there and imports through grid line of India. That is why our PM visited Bhutan first before going to make deal with India. Bhutan is very keen to export power to BD.

 

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Why should B'desh concentrate on dams for power generation? They have plenty of gas resources.
Gas based power plants have lower gestation periods than hydro and power per unit is cheaper.few years ago India was thinking of importing power from B'desh BTW, this whole agreement is part of an agreement which also includes transit facilities for the Gas from Mayanmar.
It's a win-win deal.

 

[eastwatch]

Why should B'desh concentrate on dams for power generation? They have plenty of gas resources.
Gas based power plants have lower gestation periods than hydro and power per unit is cheaper.few years ago India was thinking of importing power from B'desh BTW, this whole agreement is part of an agreement which also includes transit facilities for the Gas from Mayanmar.
It's a win-win deal.

Our gas reserve is somewhere between 13 trillion cft to 28 trillion cft. It is not big at all. In comparison, Iran has about 1000 trillion cft. Most of the power plants in BD are run by burning gas. In a few years time we will be importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to feed our power plants. But, power from Bhutan, Nepal and also Burma will be cheaper for us. Our economy is enlarging and we need more electricity to run our industries.

 

[eastwatch]

3 more power plant contracts okayed

Monday, October 25, 2010
Front Page3 more power plant contracts okayed
Gas-based plants to supply 600MW within 3 years

The cabinet purchase committee yesterday approved awarding contracts for three gas-based power plants that would produce 600 megawatt electricity.

Of these, local Summit Industrial and Mercantile Corporation Ltd and its American partner GE have been awarded a private power contract to set up a 450 MW combined cycle power plant in Bibiyana at a very competitive price of US 3.32 cents per kilowatt-hour over a period of 22 years.

Two remaining plants would be set up by Aggreko as rental power units. The British company will set up an 80 MW plant in Brahmanbaria and a 70 MW one in Ashuganj. Aggreko will charge Tk 4.8 per kilowatt-hour during its three-year contract period. Afterwards, the company will uninstall its units.

Summit won the Bibiyana bid by offering a price that is much lower than that offered in the first tender for the same project which was cancelled in 2008. That bid drew a lone offer of US 4.53 cents per kilowatt-hour.

Once Summit-GE signs the final agreement for the project with the Power Cell under the power ministry, it will have to launch the simple cycle part of the plant within 24 months and combined cycle part within 36 months.

The simple cycle part is built using gas turbines, while the combined cycle uses heat generated by the simple cycle unit to produce extra power.

The Bibiyana power plant project will be implemented on a build, own and operate (BOO) basis. The World Bank (WB)-financed power project will cost over $300 million. The plant will use natural gas from US oil giant Chevron-operated Bibiyana gas field to generate electricity.

"It is a matter of national pride," said Summit chief Muhammad Aziz Khan. "We are more than pleased that a Bangladeshi company as a lead member will be able to implement this project. Once again we will prove that we can, like our cricket team has shown that they can."

Aziz Khan noted that in addition to taking finances from the WB, Summit-GE hopes to get finances from other commercial lenders.

Earlier this month, the Power Development Board (PDB) initiated a contract with Aggreko for two rental power plants as a fail-safe measure to ensure maximum power generation in next irrigation period in February.

The deal was made through unsolicited negotiations. Aggreko was picked for the deal for its solid reputation in the country to deliver a power plant in time. It had previously installed a 200 MW rental power unit under a contract ahead of time, a feat no other rental power companies could have demonstrated ever.

Aggreko has to bring its first 70 MW power generation within 75 days, and the rest within 120 days of signing the contract.
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