24 MW rental power plant starts generation in Ctg
Sunday, 24 May 2009
CHITTAGONG, May 23 (UNB): A 24-mw rental power plant at Barabkunda in Sitakundu Upazila went into generation Saturday to feed the power-starved national grid, at a time when the country was passing through electricity crunch.
Habib Group set up the plant at a cost of Tk 1.30 billion on 2.5 acres of land. Construction work of the plant started in May last year alongside the sub-station of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) in Barabkunda area.
Regent Power Limited, an outfit of the Group, got permission to generate power in November 2007.
The company started generating power and supplying it to the national grid Saturday
following a no-objection certificate given by a team of PDB after visiting the plant Thursday.
The power plant, first rental one in Chittagong, had started trial generation on May 8, sources said.
Habib Group Managing Director Yasin Ali said if the government allowed, they would be able to increase capacity of the plant within a short time.
"As per agreement with the government, all the generated power of the plant will go to the national grid," he said.
It is one of the nine power plants that were permitted by the government to generate power in November 2007.
Besides this, another two under-construction power plants of 73.8mw and 150mw capacity respectively in Chittagong are expected to go into operation by June this year and April next year.
The 73.8-mw furnace oil-fired rental power plant is being constructed by Energies Power Corporation Limited at Shikalbaha in Patiya Upazila while the government is constructing the 150-mw plant with double feed of fuel - both gas and fuel - in the same area.
Habib Group set up the plant at a cost of Tk 1.30 billion on 2.5 acres of land. Construction work of the plant started in May last year alongside the sub-station of Bangladesh Power Development Board (PDB) in Barabkunda area.
Regent Power Limited, an outfit of the Group, got permission to generate power in November 2007.
The company started generating power and supplying it to the national grid Saturday
following a no-objection certificate given by a team of PDB after visiting the plant Thursday.
The power plant, first rental one in Chittagong, had started trial generation on May 8, sources said.
Habib Group Managing Director Yasin Ali said if the government allowed, they would be able to increase capacity of the plant within a short time.
"As per agreement with the government, all the generated power of the plant will go to the national grid," he said.
It is one of the nine power plants that were permitted by the government to generate power in November 2007.
Besides this, another two under-construction power plants of 73.8mw and 150mw capacity respectively in Chittagong are expected to go into operation by June this year and April next year.
The 73.8-mw furnace oil-fired rental power plant is being constructed by Energies Power Corporation Limited at Shikalbaha in Patiya Upazila while the government is constructing the 150-mw plant with double feed of fuel - both gas and fuel - in the same area.