Payra Power Plant

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Payra Power Station
Payra Power Plant
CountryBangladesh
Coordinates 21°59′50.86″N90°18′13.31″E / 21.9974611°N 90.3036972°E / 21.9974611; 90.3036972
StatusOperational
Commission date 2020
Construction cost$2.48 billion
OwnerBangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL)
OperatorBCPCL
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Units operational2 x 660 MW
Nameplate capacity 1,320 MW
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The Payra 1320 MW thermal power plant is a 1,320 megawatt coal-fired power station built in Kalapara Upazila of Patuakhali District in southern Bangladesh. [1] [2] It is a joint venture between the North-West Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (NWPGCL) and China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC). [3] Till May 2023, this plant was producing 700 to 1000 megawatts of electricity every day.

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History

On 19 March 2015, a deal was signed between NWPGCL and the CMC to set up the Payra Power Plant. [4] The joint venture was named Bangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL). [4] On 29 March 2016, BCPCL signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with consortium of NEPC &CECC for the installation of the power plant. [5]

About

The plant consists of two units, each with a capacity of 660 MW. [6] The cost was estimated initially around US$1.56 billion; [7] the total project cost was US$2.48 billion. [8] The plant has been built on an area of 397 hectare. [9] The first unit became operational on the 15th May 2020 and the second unit on the 8th December 2020. It is the largest electricity generating unit of Bangladesh currently in operation. On 21 March 2022, PM Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the power plant after it was fully completed.

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References

  1. ↑ Aminur Rahman Rasel (12 October 2015), "Payra coal power plant to be commissioned in 2019", Dhaka Tribune
  2. ↑ "Deal inked with China for mega power plant", The Independent, Dhaka, 30 March 2016
  3. ↑ "1320MW Payra Power Plant's EPC signed - Energy Bangla". 2016-03-29. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  4. 1 2 "Deal on Payra power plant today". The Daily Star. BSS. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Chinese consortium signs deal to construct Bangladesh's 1.56-bln-USD power plant". Xinhua . 30 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 29, 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  6. ↑ "Bangladesh-China JV to construct $1.56 bln power plant in southern Bangladesh". Reuters. 2016-03-30. Retrieved 2016-07-14.
  7. ↑ "Sino-Bangla JV signs deal to build Payra power plant". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
  8. ↑ "Payra 1320 MW Thermal Power Plant (1st Phase)". Bangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL). Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  9. ↑ Aminur Rahman Rasel (28 March 2016). "Payra 1,320MW coal-based plant deal to be inked today". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 2016-07-15.


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