20th February 2018
EP Report

   All the five fast-track diesel-fired power plant projects in private sector failed to come into operation, making the government’s plan uncertain to add 800 MW of electricity to the national grid by February 9.

 

Non-settlement of land disputes and other complexities are still holding back the project completion and these projects may not be able to start operation even by next couple of months, said officials responsible for project execution.

 

The project sponsors are now trying to pursue the government to extend their project completion deadline and re-fix the commercial operation date (COD) with a deferred timeline.

 

The five HSD (high speed diesel) plants are Aggreko International’s 100 MW Awrahati, 100 MW Bhrammangaon, and 300 MW Pangaon, in Keraniganj near Dhaka, Bangla Trac’s 100 MW Noapara in Jessore and 200 MW Daudkandi in Comilla.

 

These projects are among the total 17 projects undertaken as fast-track projects to add total 2468 MW before July this year.

 

The remaining 12 are furnace oil-fired ones with total generation capacity of 1668 MW. These were awarded to sponsors for setting up within nine months of their contracts.

 

According to official sources, the projects were hurriedly undertaken following last year’s peak summer power crisis that had put the government into a very embarrassing situation.


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