360 MW Bheramara Combined-Cycle Power Plant Commissioned

January marked the commissioning of the 360MW Bheramara Combined-Cycle Power (CCP) Plant in Bangladesh. The state-of-the-art power plant was handed over to North West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL), a fully owned subsidiary of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), on January 5, 2018. The customer, NWPGCL declared the power plant to have a capacity of 410MW following its performance testing.

Located in Bheramara of Kushtia District in the western sector of Bangladesh, the power plant is expected to provide for roughly 5% of the total electricity demand in the country.

L&T’s scope of work included design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the complete power plant on a back-to-back turnkey basis for Marubeni Corporation of Japan, with Gas Turbines, Steam Turbine and Generators from Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Japan. Funded by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), work on the project began in July 2014 and the power plant was partly commissioned earlier in Open Cycle, which was handed over to NWPGCL for commercial operation in May 2017.

The project has been executed by the Gas Based Power Projects Business Unit of L&T, based out of Vadodara. L&T’s well-established strengths in design, engineering and construction, combined with robust quality and safety standards and on-time delivery, are vital contributors to its success in the power sector.

L&T has executed several large gas-based power projects on EPC basis for government utilities and independent power producers in India and abroad. In Bangladesh, L&T had completed and handed over the 225 MW Sikalbaha Combined Cycle Power Plant to Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) in December 2017. This power plant, located near the port city of Chittagong in southeastern Bangladesh, was inaugurated on December 10, 2017, by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed.

For the Sikalbaha project, L&T’s scope of work included design, engineering, supply, installation and commissioning of the complete power plant on a turnkey basis, with Gas Turbines, Steam Turbine and Generators from Siemens AG, Germany.

Commenting on the Bheramara project completion, Mr. Shailendra Roy, CEO & Managing Director, L&T Power & Whole-Time Director, L&T, said, “The fact that two power plants were commissioned in quick succession in Bangladesh, one in December 2017 and the other in January 2018, speaks volumes about L&T’s scale of operations. We thank the Bangladesh authorities for reposing faith in our capabilities.”

L&T is currently executing two more gas-based power projects in Bangladesh - 400 MW Bibiyana III Combined Cycle Power Project and 400 MW Bibiyana South Combined Cycle Power Project of BPDB.

News & Views // <![CDATA[ _spBodyOnLoadFunctionNames.push("setupPageDescriptionCallout"); // ]]>

News & Views