Rampal plant resume power generation after one month

 

Live Correspondent: Rampal power plant resumed its operation on Wednesday night by supplying 100 MW of electricity to the national grid.

The authority of the 1,320 MW capacity Rampal power plant has failed to resume its operation until 11.30 pm due to a technical glitch. The authorities resume their operation after one month.

"This plant was forced to shut down on January 14 due to a shortage of fuel (coal supply), coal reached at the jetty on February 9, accordingly we are set to resume the operation," said Anwarul Azim, deputy general manager of the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL), also known as Rampal power plant.

Rampal unit-1 is under test run, yet to get the go-ahead signal to start its commercial operation.

Meanwhile, the Rampal authorities received a consignment of 30,000 metric tons of coal, which can feed the plant only for the next 6 days as it needed 5,ooo metric tons of coal per day.

Another consignment of 50,000 MT of coal is also coming to the country soon, officials claimed. Rampal 1320 MW capacity plant is a joint venture of Indian state-owned NTPC and Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).

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