Rampal Power Station

Rampal Power Station
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Official nameRampal Coal-fire Power Station
CountryBangladesh
LocationSapmari, Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District
Coordinates22°35′44″N 89°33′15″E / 22.595556°N 89.55402778°E / 22.595556; 89.55402778
StatusUnder construction
Construction beganJuly 2016
Construction cost৳160 billion
OwnersNational Thermal Power Corporation (India) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (Bangladesh)
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Site area7,421,935 m2
1,834.000 acres
Power generation
Nameplate capacity1320 MW
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The Rampal Power Station (Bengali: রামপাল বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) is a 1320 megawatt coal-fired power station currently under construction at Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District in Khulna, Bangladesh.[1] The power plant, being constructed over 1834 acres of land, is situated 14 kilometres north of the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It will be the country's largest power plant.[2]

It is being set up by BIFPCL (Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited) which is 50:50 joint venture between India's state owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Bangladesh's Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). BIFCPL awarded an EPC contract to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) valued at over US$1.49 billion for setting up the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project (2X660MW).[3] BHEL has started EPC activities and the first dispatch happened in January 2018.[4]

  1. ^ "Indo-Bangla joint company for power import". The Independent. Dhaka. 8 March 2011. Archived from the original on 10 March 2011.
  2. ^ Rahman, Khalilur (24 February 2013). "Demand for Rampal power plant relocation". Financial Express. Dhaka. Archived from the original on 25 February 2013.
  3. ^ Sengupta, Debjoy. "Bhel bags NTPC's Bangladesh project". The Economic Times.
  4. ^ "Boiler components dispatched for BHEL's ovserseas project - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2018.