Bangladesh greenlights three new power plants, including one of Beximco 

The government has approved proposals to build three new power plants, one of which will be built by Bangladeshi business conglomerate Beximco Group.

Senior Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 3 August 2016, 01:56 PM
Updated : 3 August 2016, 01:56 PM

Beximco will construct a power plant in association with a Chinese company in Gaibandha.
 
Two other Chinese firms are constructing another in Khulna while the other in Sylhet will be set up by a Bangladeshi company in partnership with a Japanese firm.
 
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) approved the proposals in a meeting chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Wednesday.
 
Cabinet Division’s Additional Secretary Mostafizur Rahman told reporters Beximco Power Limited and Xinjiang TBEA Sunoasis Co Ltd will set up a 200-megawatt solar power plant in Gaibandha.
 
The plant will supply power for 20 years and the government will buy each kilowatt-hour (kWh) at Tk 12, Rahman said.
 
Sun Solar Power Plant Ltd Bangladesh and Japanese Iki Shoji Company Limited will commission 5MW solar peaking power plant in Sylhet’s Goainghat.
 
It will sell electricity to the government at Tk 11.12 per kWh.
 
Chinese consortium Harbin Electric International Co Ltd and Jiangsu Etern Company Limited will build a 200-300MW power plant at a cost of Tk 23.7 billion, Secretary Rahman said.
 
He said another proposal to extend by six months the import of 250MW from India through its Power Trading Corporation was also cleared in the meeting.