News Briefs--(16-7-2018)

Summit's power generation capacity stands at 1,941 MW

Summit, Bangladesh's largest independent power producer (IPP), has begun power generation at another 149 MW HFO-fueled power plant, Summit Gazipur I Power Limited, in Kodda on schedule. With the addition of this new power plant, the total generation capacity of Summit now stands at 1,941 MW. Only about two months earlier on May 9, Summit Gazipur II Power (300MW) started power generation on record time. Summit Gazipur I Power is supplying power in the national grid at 132 KV through PGCB's Kodda grid sub-stations. Summit Gazipur I (149MW) and Gazipur II (300MW) power plants are located adjacent to each other in Kodda, Gazipur about 30 km away from Dhaka city. — Statement