Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal Fired Power Plant will go for 1200MW electricity generation from Friday, as coal is imported for power generation.
鈥榃e have ensured coal supply for the plant to keep it operation for electricity generation,鈥� AJM Ershad Ahsan Habib, director general (additional charge) of Power Cell told media on Tuesday.
He said that Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal Fired Power Plant was under maintenance then and it would go for operation from Friday.
鈥楩rom now coal crisis will not be visible, as coal is coming in every week. Each unit of the plant, having 600MW generation capacity, is required 5000 metric tonnes of coal per day while 5000 metric tonnes for another unit,鈥� he added.
Habib said that workers of the power plant had been unloading coal from mother vessel within 2-3 days instead of 10-15 days.
He said that the country generated 10,000 MW power on Monday as electricity demand was gradually decreasing due to winter season.
According to information, the 1,200 MW two-unit power plant was shut down from October 31 due to coal shortage.
A ship bearing the Indonesian flag arrived at the jetty of the power plant with 70,000 metric tonnes of coal last week. Apart from this, another ship from Indonesian ship with 60,000 metric tonnes of coal arrived at Matarbari power.
Manowar Hossain Majumdar, supervising engineer (transportation) of Matarbari Site Office of Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited, told journalists recently that an agreement was signed for coal import.
According to the agreement, Meghna Group and Birla would import 3.5 million metric tonnes of coal for the power plant in a year.
The Power Cell DG said that the demand for electricity was less than before due to the winter season which was already approached.