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GE Power has been selected by the Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group) to supply the power generation equipment for the upcoming 220 megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant in the Bhola district, Bangladesh.
A company statement said that this will be GE’s second power plant in Bhola of the same capacity with the first being commissioned in 2015.
The Bhola project is being developed by the SP Group as an Independent Power Producer (IPP).
The group has signed a 22-year power purchase agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).
Dual-fuel technologyThe power plant will operate on dual-fuel technology using natural gas as the primary fuel and diesel as the back-up fuel and is expected to achieve commercial operations by December 2019.
The project will result in supplying the equivalent power needed to provide electricity to 200,000 homes in Bangladesh, the statement added.
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