Rampal power plant generates 1,234.2 MW at peak hour
The plant has an installed capacity of 1,320MW.
The Rampal coal-fired power plant in Bagerhat generated 1,234.2 megawatts (MW) of electricity during the peak hour today (3 October), according to the National Load Dispatch Centre of Power Grid Bangladesh (PGB).
The plant has an installed capacity of 1,320MW.
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Member (Generation) Engineer Md Zahurul Islam told The Business Standard that 1,234.2MW generated by the Rampal plant was supplied directly to the national grid.
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According to the authorities, the Rampal power plant was initiated as a joint venture between Bangladesh and India in 2010.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed an agreement on 29 January 2012, under which the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited (BIFPCL) was formed to implement the project.
