The country’s power generation increased further, setting a new record with the production reaching 15,304 MW on Thursday.
According to a statement of the Power Division, the country set the new record surpassing the previous production of 14,800 MW at 9 pm on Tuesday.
Referring to the data of National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC), the Power Division said that of the total generation of 15,304 MW at 9 pm on Thursday, some 6,072 MW came from the country’s gas-fired power plants, 5,635 MW came from liquid fuel-based plants, 2,618 MW from coal-fired plants, 25 MW from hydro plant, 830 MW imported from India through HVDC at Bheraamra border, another 124 MW from Indian Tripura state, 100 MW from RPCL and 759 MW from Adani Group’s Godda power plant.
Officials at the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) said the new record was set following addition of 759 MW imported electricity from Indian Adani Group.
They said the cost of the imported power from Adani Group’s power plant at Godda in the Indian state of Jharkhand has not been settled yet, but officials said the tariff of electricity from Adani Group might be above Tk 14 per unit while average production cost is below Tk 7.
Now Bangladesh’s installed grid power generation capacity is over 25,000 MW.