Tag: Rampal Power Plant

Rampal power plant unit-2 test synchronized

- Times Report -

The second 660 MW Unit of the 1320 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company (Pvt.) Limited (BIFPCL) at Rampal of Bagerhat was successfully test synchronized with the National Grid last week, a press release said here Tuesday. “All associated systems including FGD, were taken into service.

Why the movement against Rampal plant in Bangladesh failed

- Anupam Debashish Roy -

Five years after a people’s movement to stop a power plant near the Sundarban, Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government has pushed the project through. Why did this movement fail where others in Bangladesh have succeeded? On 17 December 2022, the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project within the Khulna division, Bangladesh’s third-largest

Rampal electricity cost nearly doubles

- Times Report -

The cost of power generation (per kilowatt hour) at the 1320 MW Rampal power plant is now estimated to be Tk 14-15 per unit, instead of Tk 7-8 per unit, as envisioned when the project was first taken up.   "The recent hike in coal prices in the global market has

Dollar crisis threatens Rampal power plant’s operation

- Times Report -

The 1320 MW Rampal power plant has resumed its partial production, but officials still worry about its uninterrupted operation due to dollar crisis that may again disrupt the import of coal, the plant's main fuel. The Unit-1 of the coal-fired plant resumed production from Wednesday after a month-long shutdown caused

Rampal’s unit-1 to resume power generation tomorrow

- United News of Bangladesh -

Unit-1 of the 1329MW Rampal Coal-fired power plant will resume production from Wednesday, still under a test run that started in August before being discontinued last month. According to official sources, Unit-1, having 660 MW capacity, was forced to shut down on January 14 due to shortage of coal supply.The

Tk 4.7m device stolen from Rampal power plant

- Times Report -

A Tk 4.7 million bomb calorimeter, used to measure the calorific value of coal, has been stolen from a highly secured lab of the Rampal power plant.The US-made device was stolen on Jan 15, a day after the plant suspended electricity generation due to a lack of coal just 27

Dollar Crisis: Power cut hits Khulna after halting Rampal plant

- Times Report -

Khulna division has been experiencing acute load shedding even in the winter due to suspension of power production at Rampal Power Plant amid shortage of coal caused by the dollar crisis.The production came to a halt on January 14, only after 27 days the coal-fired plant in Bagerhat started electricity

Rampal Power Plant to go into operation in Oct

- Times Report -

The first unit of the Maitree Super Thermal Power Plant will go into commercial operation early October in a major stride in growing Bangladesh-India power sector cooperation, officials said. The unit-I of the 1320 (2x660) MW coal-fired power plant was successfully synchronized with the national grid on August 15. After completion