Summit Gazipur II power plant located in Kodda, Gazipur The second unit of Summit power plant in Gazipur has started supplying electricity to the national grid commercially from Wednesday.
The 300-megawatt (MW) furnace-oil fired power plant is owned by the consortium of Summit Corporation Ltd and Summit Power Ltd having the stakes of 80 per cent and 20 per cent respectively.
The '100 hour Reliability run test' as well as 'dependable capacity test' were completed Wednesday, said a senior company official.
Test run of this power plant, however, started on Saturday.
The power purchase agreement and implementation deal were signed with the government for a period of 15 years on December 10, 2017.
This is, however, the only furnace oil-fired power plant under the fast-track project that came online within the stipulated timeframe of nine months.
"We are grateful to the Almighty that we could initiate supplying electricity within the given timeframe of the government," managing director Md Mozammel Hossain told the FE.
In August last, the government issued the letter of intent to the sponsor of this power plant along with several other firms to implement the projects within nine months under fast-track.
Summit Gazipur II Power is located in Kodda, Gazipur -- about 30 kilometres (kms) north of Dhaka city. The power plant is supplying power at 230 kilo volt (KV) to Tongi and Kaliakoir grid sub-stations.
Summit's total power generation reached 1,800 MW with the initiation of supply from its Gazipur power plant, consolidating its position as the leading private sector electricity producer.
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