The country’s largest electricity producer NTPC will supply 250 MW power to Bangladesh, a move that will help strengthen trade ties between the two nations.
NTPC will export 250 MW power to Bangladesh from the unallocated quota available with the Power Ministry, according to a company official.
A power purchase agreement was inked between NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC, and the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) on Tuesday.
Besides, BPDB is expected to purchase an additional 250 MW from the Indian power market and discussions are underway, the NTPC official said today.
The transmission systems between the two nations are expected to be completed by the end of July 2013.
The electrical grid interconnection between the two countries would be through a 1X500 MW HVDC back-to-back asynchronous link between the eastern region of India and the western grid of Bangladesh.
The grid will facilitate cross-border power transfer of 500 MW.
The NTPC official said the HVDC unit will be established at Bheramara and the existing 230 kV Ishurdi-Khulna South D/C line will be looped-in and looped-out at Bheramara.
“On the India side, a 400 kV switching station will be created at Baharampur in West Bengal by loop-in-loop out of the existing 400 kV Farakka-Jeerat S/C line.
“The cross-border interconnection will be established by the Baharampur (India)-Bheramara (Bangladesh) 400 kV D/C line,” the official said.
The transmission system on the Indian side will be executed by the Power Grid Corporation of India, which would also provide consultancy to Bangladesh, up to the commissioning for the project.
NTPC has an installed capacity of over 36,000 MW.