The Boalkhali Coal Power Plant was proposed by Beximco Power Company Limited, a subsidiary of a Bangladeshi conglomerate Beximco Group. No progress has been seen after the MOU with CEEC and initial agreement with PowerChina. It seems to be shelved. As per the recent declaration of Power Ministry, the project has high potential to be cancelled.
Basic Information
- Full Name: Boalkhali Power Station (Beximco)
- Alternative Names: Boalkhali (Beximco) Coal Power Plant, Beximco (Chittagong) Coal Power Plant
- Current Status: Shelved
- Type of Entity: Independent Power Producer (IPP)
- Ownership: Private
- ESS Category: A
- ECR Category: Red
- Number of Units: 1
- Installed Capacity: 660 MW [1]
- Derated Capacity: 607 MW
- Current Capacity: Not Applicable
- Base Tariff (BDT/kWh): Undisclosed
Location
- Address: Sub-district: Boalkhali, District: Chittagong
- Geographic Position: Undisclosed
- Coordinates: Undisclosed
Land & Communities
- Land Size: 297 Acres
- Land Owner: Local farmers
- Affected Communities: Farmers
- Directly Affected: Undisclosed
- Indirectly Affected: Undisclosed
Fuel & Technology
- Primary Fuel: Coal
- Support Fuel: HFO (Heavy Fuel Oil)
- Fuel Source: Undisclosed
- 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: Undisclosed
- Sponsor: BPCL (Beximco Power Company Limited): 80% [1]
- Parent: Beximco (Beximco Group of Companies)
- Sponsor: CEEC (China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited): 10% [2]
- Parent: Energy China (China Energy Engineering Group)
- Sponsor: PCR (Power China Resources): 10% [1]
- Parent: PowerChina (Power Construction Corporation of China)
- Energy Buyer: BPDB (Bangladesh Power Development Board)
Financing
- Total Budget: 1437.65 Million [1]
- Sponsors' Investment: Undisclosed
- BPCL (Beximco Power Company Limited): Undisclosed
- CEEC (China Energy Engineering Corporation Limited): Undisclosed
- PCR (Power China Resources): Undisclosed
- Domestic Loan: Undisclosed
- Overseas Loan: Undisclosed
- Grants: None
- GOB Investment: None
Contractors
- EPC Contractor: Undisclosed
- Building: Undisclosed
- Civil Engineering: Undisclosed
- Fuel Transport: Undisclosed
- O&M Contractor: Undisclosed
Suppliers
- Boiler Supplier: Undisclosed
- Fuel Supplier: Undisclosed
- Gas Turbine Supplier: Undisclosed
- Generator Suppler: Undisclosed
- Steam Turbine Supplier: Undisclosed
Consultants
- EIA Consultant: Undisclosed
- Engineering Consultant: Undisclosed
- Feasibility Study: Undisclosed
- Financial Advisor: Undisclosed
- Insurer: Undisclosed
Timeline
- Announcement: 1 July 2014
- MOU with Sponsors: 1 June 2016 [2]
- Agreement with Sponsors: 14 October 2016 [1]
- PPA Signed: None
- Start of Construction: Not Applicable
- COD (Expected): 30 July 2019
- COD (Actual): Not Applicable
- Lifetime: Not Applicable
- Phase Out: Not Applicable
Reference
- Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2016). "Beximco, Meghna tie up with Chinese investors for power". The Daily Star, Dhaka: 18 October 2016. Retrieved from https://www.thedailystar.net/business/beximco-meghna-tie-chinese-investors-power-1300171 accessed on 3 January 2017
- Daily Independent (2016). "Beximco starts an energy venture". The Daily Independent, Dhaka: 2 June 2016. Retrieved from http://m.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/45899 accessed on 3 January 2017