Power crisis, which is a major concern for the readymade garment sector of the country, could soon be a matter of the past following the Government’s initiative to produce 60,000 MW by 2041 as part of Power System Master Plan (PSMP) 2016, as per media reports.
The Government is reportedly going to implement 10 mega projects of about 15,000 MW of capacity by 2030, claimed the Director General of Power Cell, Mohammad Hossain, speaking to the media
As part of PSMP, implementation of three of nine mega projects under the Power and Energy Ministry have already started while the first phase of 2,400 MW of the 4,000MW nuclear power has also been started by the Ministry of Science and Technology, said the media report.
Some of the projects under the plan include1320 MW Moittri Super Thermal Power Project that has reportedly been taken over by Bangladesh-India Joint Venture (with a target to implement it by 2019 in Rampal), 1200 MW Materbari Coal-based Power Plant of Coal Power General Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) in Cox’s Bazar being financed by JICA with a targeted implementation time of 2021 and the 1320 MW Paira Coal-based Power Pant taken by Bangladesh-China JV. Besides, North-West Power Generation Company Ltd (NWPGCL) of Bangladesh and CMC of China are reportedly jointly engaged to implement the 1320 MW Paira coal-fired project in Patuakhali.
It may be mentioned here that in an effort to improve the power scenario in the country, the Government had earlier decided to import 10,000 MW of electricity from India by 2041.
“We are currently importing around 700 MW of power from India. Some 500 MW of additional power import will be commenced soon with more transmission line of 400 KVA has been completed,” reportedly stated Abdul Kalam Azad, Chairman of the Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh at an Energy Conclave organised by the Confederation of the Indian Industry (CII), in India recently.
