Investor Presentaiton
2. State of the Power Sector during FY2021
2.6 Selected Initiatives and Activities undertaken by the BPDB
•
•
Mega projects having 3,840MW power generation capacity are being implementing at
Payra, Maheshkhali and Matarbari areas aimed at ensuring power and energy
security
MOPEMR is seeking the prime minister's approval to convert 13 large coal power
projects into clean liquefied natural gas (LNG) based plants
These 13 coal-based projects either made little progress or could not secure
financing
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has been paying the Payra power
company Tk115 crore every month as "capacity payment" - a kind of penalty for
keeping a functional plant idle
•
Payra is operating at half capacity, as one of its two units has remained idle since
its completion in December last year owing to delays in the construction of a
transmission line
Government of Bangladesh has set a target to generate 2000 megawatts of electricity
from renewable energy sources in three years, which will be 10 per cent of the
country's total power production
BPDB has started evaluating a number of bids submitted by aspiring bidders for two
more wind power plants - one in Chandpur and another at Inani Beach, Cox's Bazar.
.
Each of the two projects will have 50-MW generation capacity
•
A levelised tariff of Tk 10.56 kwh (each unit) over the period of 20 years
15View entire presentation