Power flow was established from the Payra Power Plant to the 400 kV GIS Switchyard and Interconnecting Transformer of the Maitree Plant Sub-Station, said a press release on Thursday.
In a ceremony at the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project at Rampal power flow was inaugurated where BIFPCL Managing Director Sayeed Akram Ullah, Chief General Manager DK Dubey, BHEL International Operations Head B K Gangopadhyay, and BHEL Project Head Uday Shankar was present on the occasion.
The 1,320 MW Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, through its 400 kV GIS Switchyard and Interconnecting Transformer, is providing wheeling facility of the 400 kV power from the Payra Power Project to the 230 kV grid system of Bangladesh to enable the Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh to transmit additional power towards Khulna region to address peak summer demand.
The 400 kV GIS Switchyard and Interconnecting Transformer at the Maitree Plant Sub-Station was energized on 6 April 2022, and the power flow will be gradually established as per requirement.
The Maitree Super Thermal Power Project is being set up by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) through Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Private Ltd. (BIFPCL), which is a 50:50 Joint Venture Company between India’s NTPC and Ltd. and Bangladesh Power Development
Board (BPDB).
The Power Plant is being set up with state-of-the-art Ultra Super Critical Technology to actively mitigate environmental impacts, while at the same time introducing coal power generation in a country with limited alternative fuel options.
Some of the in-built measures to minimize air and water pollution, inter-alia includes a Flue Gas Desulphurization System (FGD) without any bypass to control the emission of SOx, Integrated Effluent and Waste Management System to avoid contamination of Prasur River, use of High Grade imported coal with low Ash and Sulphur content, construction of the tallest Chimney (275 m) for wider dispersion of flue gas emissions, among others. The Maitree project is under advance stage of implementation and will start power generation soon.
