Current Status: Operation
Barapukuria Coal-fired Power Plant is owned by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) which is the state-owned enterprise to generate, buy, transmit and distribute the electricity in Bangladesh. BCFP is the first coal-based power plant of Bangladesh with current capacity of The power plant has three units with a total capacity of 525 MW. But due to shortage of coal supply from Barapukuria (BCMCL) Coal Mine, the power plant generates around 370 MW with occasional shut down. The first and second unit started commercial operation in 2006 while the third unit in 2018.
Basic Information
- Full Name: Barapukuria Power Station
- Alternative Names: Barapukuria (BPDB) Coal Power Plant, Barapukuria Coal Power Plant
- Current Status: Operation
- Type of Entity: SOPP (State-Owned Power Producer)
- Ownership: Public
- Basis of Ownership: BOO (Build, Operate and Own)
- ESS Category: A
- ECR Category: Red '
- Number of Units: 3
- Installed Capacity: 525 MW
- Derated Capacity: 494 MW
- Current Capacity: 494 MW
- Base Tariff (kWh): BDT 7.87 (2019-2020)
Location
- Address: Dudhipur, Durgapur, Upazila: Parbatipur, District: Dinajpur
- Geographic Position: 1.15 km east from Dudhipur forest, 11.7 km (areal) from Parbatipur town, 33 km (areal) east from Dinajpur town and 319 km north from Dhaka city.
- Coordinates: 25.5537, 88.9486
Land & Communities
- Land Size: 278.30 acres
- Land Owner: Local people
- Affected Communities: Farmers and common landowners
- Directly Affected: Undisclosed
- Indirectly Affected: Undisclosed
Fuel & Technology
- Primary Fuel: Coal
- Support Fuel: HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil)
- Fuel Source-1: Domestic
- Fuel Source-2: Imported
- Fuel Requirement (Annual): Undisclosed
- Fuel Requirement (Lifetime): Undisclosed
- Technology: SC (Supercritical)
Projected Emission
- Carbon (C, Annual): Undisclosed
- Carbon (C, Lifetime): Undisclosed
- Mercury (Hg, Annual): Undisclosed
- Mercury (Hg, Lifetime): Undisclosed
- Sulphur (NOx, Annual): Undisclosed
- Sulphur (NOx, Lifetime): Undisclosed
- Solid Particles (PM 2.5, Annual): Undisclosed
- Solid Particles (PM 2.5, Lifetime): Undisclosed
Executing Agencies
- Operator: Not Applicable
- Sponsor: BPDB (Bangladesh Power Development Board)
- Energy Buyer: BPDB (Bangladesh Power Development Board)
Financing
- Total Budget: USD 332.31 Million
- Sponsors' Investment: USD 0.53 Million
- BPDB (Bangladesh Power Development Board): USD 0.53 Million
- Domestic Loan: Undisclosed
- Overseas Loan: USD 224 million
- ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China): USD 224 million
- Grants: None
- GOB Investment: USD 107.78 million
- Construction: 107.78 Million
- Evacuation/Substation: Undisclosed
- Land Acquisition: Undisclosed
- Support Infrastructure: Undisclosed
Contractors
- EPC Contractor: HEIC (Harbin Electric International Company Limited), China
- Parent: HECC (Harbin Electric Corporation Company Limited), China
- EPC Contractor: CCC Engineering Limited (CCCE), China
- Parent: China National Electric Wire & Cable Import-Export Corporation (CCC)
- Building Construction: Undisclosed
- Civil Engineering: : Undisclosed
- Conveyor Belt: : Undisclosed
- Evacuation: : Undisclosed
- Fuel Transport: : Undisclosed
- Jetty Construction: : Undisclosed
- River Dredging: : Undisclosed
- O&M Contractor: : Undisclosed
Suppliers
- Alternator Supplier: Undisclosed
- Boiler Supplier: Undisclosed
- Engine Supplier: Undisclosed
- Equipment Supplier: Undisclosed
- Fuel Supplier: BCMCL (Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited)
- Gas Turbine Supplier: Undisclosed
- Generator Suppler: Undisclosed
- Labour Supplier: Undisclosed
- Steam Turbine Supplier: : Undisclosed
Consultants
- EIA Consultant: Undisclosed
- Engineering Consultant: Undisclosed
- Financial Advisor: Undisclosed
- Insurer: Undisclosed
Timeline
- Cabinet Approval: 11 September 2011
- EPC Contract Signed: 18 March 2013
- Construction Period: 36 Month
- COD (Expected): 17 March 2016
- COD (Actual): 15 September 2018
- Lifetime: 30 Years
- Phase Out: 14 September 2048
Reference
- The Daily Star (2015). "Barapukuria coal power plant adds another unit". Dhaka: 19 October 2015. Archived: https://energy-archive.blogspot.com/2021/04/barapukuria-coal-power-plant-adds.html