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Bangladesh's Sirajganj power plant connects to grid

20 Mar 2019 | China Daily 
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The Sirajganj combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) project in Bangladesh was connected to the grid and began its commissioning on March 19, 2019. 

The grid connection marks another milestone for the project after the steam-line blowing, and lays a solid foundation for subsequent performance tests and the project handover. 

Constructed by SEPCO III, a subsidiary of POWERCHINA, the 414MW plant is part of the company’s efforts to implement the Belt and Road Initiative and also its first energy project in Bangladesh. It is a significant milestone in encouraging more Chinese electric power companies to tap into the overseas market, and has also boosted China-Bangladesh cooperation in the energy sector. 

During the construction, the project has offered more than 3,000 job opportunities to local residents to ease the employment pressure, and trained talent for industrial upgrading. 

Additionally, this project has had a significant development impact by alleviating Bangladesh’s electricity shortages, helping the country meet its growing demand for power, and providing clean and efficient energy to Bangladesh’s growing economy. 

Summit makes winning offer for Meghnaghat-II

3 November 2010 | The Daily Star 
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Local leading power company Summit along with its American partner General Electric yesterday gave a winning power tariff offer for the Meghnaghat phase two 450 megawatt dual fuel combined cycle power project. 
At the same time, Malaysian-Bangladeshi joint venture Ranhil-STS gave a winning offer for the Bhola 225 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant. 
Combined cycle plants use heat generated by simple cycle gas or oil generator unit to produce extra power and ensure less fuel consumption and lower cost for power generation. 
Summit-GE had earlier won the first phase Bibiyana 450 MW gas-fired power project by offering US 3.32 cents per kilowatt-hour over a period of 22 years. 
This is the first time a local power company has been awarded with two such major power projects that might need around $650 million investment. 
But the Meghnaghat phase two project is a dual fuel-fired project and the bidders were asked to offer both gas-based and furnace oil-based tariff. Summit offered US 3.98 cents or Tk 2.76 per kilowatt-hour for gas-based power generation and 9.11 cents or Tk 6.73 per unit for furnace oil-based power. Its average tariff stood at 6.86 cents or Tk 4.74 per unit. 
Its lone competitor Malaysian Powertek offered 4.6 cents for gas and 11.31 cents for oil-based per kilowatt power generation. Powertek's average offer stands at 7.97 cents. 
In the Bhola project, Ranhil offered 3.43 cents or Tk 2.38 per kilowatt-hour, while its lone competitor Summit offered around 4 cents. 
A top official of Power Development Board says the price offers in both these bids will now be evaluated to see if there was any mistake in the calculation. "Our target is to forward within this week to the power ministry our recommendation to award the bids to the lowest bidder," the official adds. 
If the ministry approves the recommendation, these would be forwarded to the cabinet's purchase committee for approval, preferably before the Eid vacation. The PDB wants to conclude signing of the agreements by December so that these power plants could come into operation in 2013. 
Whether Summit-GE could actually handle two such major investments had been one question raised by industry insiders. 
Chief of Summit group Muhammad Aziz Khan notes, "The Bangladesh Bank as well as international multilateral agencies such as IFC, ADB, IDB, all have provided us with letter of support to debt-finance these projects. The capital market in Bangladesh has full confidence in the Summit Group and will be supportive to raise part of the equity. 
"Summit itself is sitting on substantial cash reserves to invest in these projects," he adds. 
"Summit is privileged and excited to be a part of solving the power crisis existing in Bangladesh. We believe the much needed electricity can be provided at low cost in an environmental friendly way by utilising the combined cycle technology," he said. 
The PDB floated the tender for these two projects in May and initially drew interest of two dozen bidders.

Link: Summit makes winning offer for Meghnaghat-II

Meghnaghat starts injecting 273 MW electricity to grid

15 April 2015 | Energy Bangla 
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Meghnaghat Power Station has started injecting over 273 megawatt (MW) electricity to the national grid, which is expected to help the authorities to keep the power supply stable largely at a time when the demand is shooting up with the rise in mercury. 
 
“Meghnaghat Power Limited has officially resumed commercial operation of its Meghnaghat Power Station, initially on a simple cycle mode, with a generating capacity of 273.6 MW,” said Pendeiver Energy (L) Ltd., a subsidiary of Malaysia-Saudi based Powertek Energy, in a statement today. 
 
The power station had been out of operation over a year as a fire burnt down a 150 MW steam turbine of Meghnaghat 450 MW combined cycle plant in April, 2014. 
 
While inaugurating the resumption of power production of the plant, energy adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Tawfiq Elahi Chowdhury said there is nothing to be concerned about load-shedding during this summer because it will be possible to generate electricity ranging from 8,500 MW to 9,000 MW. 
 
He said the power production has increased to a large extent over the last few years because the government has taken all-out measures to boost electricity generation to meet the increasing demand. 
 
Chowdhury said the government has no plan to increase power tariff right now. “Power tariff is likely to be increased slightly in the upcoming budget for fiscal year 2015-16,” he added. 
 
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Chairman of Power Development Board (PDB) Md. Shahinul Islam Khan and Director of Meghnaghat Power Limited Dato’ Mohd Nazri bin Shahruddin, among other, spoke on the occasion. 

Wartsila And Summit Sign Bangladesh's Biggest Ever Service Agreement To Maintain Summit's 464 MW Power Plants

17 June 2019 | Power Online 
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The technology group Wärtsilä has signed two major Maintenance management and operational advisory agreements with Summit Group, the largest independent power producer (IPP) in Bangladesh and longstanding partner. The seven-year agreements represent the biggest ever signed service deals, in terms of MW generation, in the Bangladesh energy sector. The orders were booked by Wärtsilä in Q2, 2019. 
The life-cycle solution agreements cover two power plants located in Gazipur, Dhaka owned by Summit Gazipur II Power Ltd, and Ace Alliance Power Ltd (Gazipur I), a subsidiary of Summit Power Limited, a publicly listed company in Bangladesh. The combined electrical output capacity of the plants is 464 MW. The agreements are designed to meet the customers’ needs for ensuring maximum availability of the installations, optimising operating costs, and delivering reliable supplies to the Bangladesh’s national grid. 
“Summit and Wärtsilä share a long standing partnership since early days of private power generation in Bangladesh. Our plant in Gazipur was recently awarded as the fastest implemented power plant and we are happy to award its maintenance service contracts to Wärtsilä enabling cost optimisation and reliable generation,” commented Faisal Khan, Director of Summit Group. 
In addition to seven years of scheduled maintenance, the agreements include yearly maintenance management coordination and Asset Diagnostics. Asset Diagnostics keeps the thermal and mechanical load at an optimum level for operation conditions, and enables savings in fuel consumption, while simultaneously providing a more environmentally sound operation. 
“Over the past 30 years we have accumulated significant experience and deep know-how in operation and maintenance services. Globally, Wärtsilä has more than 22 GW of generating capacity from in excess of 500 marine and energy sector installations covered by lifecycle solution agreements. In Bangladesh, Wärtsilä has already five maintenance agreement with Summit Group, which speaks for itself about good cooperation and customer satisfaction. Performance of the plants with lifecycle solution agreements can be monitored remotely from our Digital Expertise Centres and we can advice our customers on dynamic maintenance schedules,” said Henri van Boxtel, Director, Energy Services Middle East & Asia at Wärtsilä. 
Wärtsilä currently has in excess of 4,850 MW of installed or on order power generating capacity in Bangladesh. Of these 1,100 are operated and maintained under contract by Wärtsilä. 

Govt to Take Project to Supply Bhola’s Electricity to National Grid

22 November 2018 | Energy and Power 
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The government plans to undertake a project to supply electricity produced in non-grid Bhola Island to the national grid, said official concerned. 
To this end, the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB) has already requested the Power Division for permission to set up a 230kv gridline from Bhola to Kachua. 
The gridline will help evacuate electricity from power plants at Bhola, including the proposed 600MW combined cycle dual-fuel power plant, to the national grid. 
Earlier, the PGCB managing director Masum-Al-Beruni proposed to set up the plant under bidder finance or public private partnership. 
A series of power giants from India and China have expressed their interests in implementing a number of national gridline projects in Bangladesh under public-private partnership (PPP) model, official confirmed. 
At least six Chinese companies and series of Indian companies including Adani Transmission Ltd have already shown their interest in implementing transmission projects in Bangladesh. 

Biggest pvt investment coming in power, LNG

The Daily Star | 11 July 2018 
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The largest ever private investment in Bangladesh’s power and energy sectors worth US $3 billion – around Tk 24,000 crore – is coming to facelift the country’s basic infrastructure. 

Local Summit Group, Japanese Mitsubishi Corporation and US-based General Electric Company inked an initial agreement to this effect at a programme in Dhaka city today. 

Tetsuji Nakagawa, senior vice-president of the infrastructure business division of Mitsubishi Corporation, Muhammed Aziz Khan, chairman of Summit Group, and Russell Stokes, president and CEO of GE Power, inked the agreement. 

It has been official that Summit will be the majority owner of the integrated project. 

GE will invest in equity and technology in the four 600MW-each combined cycle power plants with a total capacity of 2,400MW. Mitsubishi will be the partner for the complete integrated project, according to a statement of Summit Group. 

With implementation of the project in 2023, Summit will be doubling its power generation capacity. 

The combined cycle power plants will be powered by GE’s flagship 9HA gas turbines. The project includes two units of onshore LNG terminal with total capacity of 380,000-cubic metre, and oil terminals with 100,000 tonnes capacity – all to be located in Matarbari, Cox’s Bazar. 

The location of the 300MW heavy fuel-based power plant hasn’t been finalised yet. 

The project will be using world’s most efficient and environment-friendly technology. The LNG terminal will be using cutting-edge technology so that there is no boil-off, utilising all the gas for electricity generation, said Khan at the signing ceremony. 

Nasrul Hamid, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources, and Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, energy adviser to the prime minister, were present at the signing ceremony. 

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