power sector overview of bangladesh





TOTAL GENERATION CAPACITY AT PRESENT: 20,854MW

1ST ELECTRICITY USED IN BD: AHSAN MANJIL ,1901 

ELECTRICITY ACT FOLLOWED: 2018

HIGHEST GENERATED ELECTRICITY: 11,623MW(19sep,2018)

ELECTRICITY IMPORTED FROM INDIA: 1160MW(2*500+160)

QUICK RENTAL PP: 1890MW

BIGGEST SOLAR POWER PLANT: 28MW , HNILA OF TEKNAF

TOTAL DISTRIBUTION LINE: 4,89,000CKT KM

TRANSMISSION LINE: 11,396CKT KM

TOTAL POWER PLANT: 137+

GRID SUBSTATION: 131

SYSTEM LOSS: 11.87%

DISTRIBUTION LOSS: 9.60%

MAIN SOURCE OF FUEL: GAS(66%)

BIGGEST POWER PLANT: APSCL(1876MW)

RAMPAL COAL PP: 1320 MW

MATARBARI ULTRA SUPER CRITICAL PP: 1200 MW

PAYRA THERMAL PP: 1320MW

COAL FIRED PP: BARAPUKURIA PP(525MW)

1ST NUCLEAR PP: RUPPUR NPP(2*1200MW)

2ND NPP: BARISAL (yet TO BE CONFIRMED)

400KV TRANSMISSION LINE: VERAMARA-INDIA

PER CAPITA ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION: 464KWh

HYDROPOWER PLANT: KAPTAI HYDRO POWER PLANT(230MW)

WASTE MANAGEMENT POWER PLANT: N.GANJ (3MW)

TOTAL UNIT RUNNING COUNTRYWIDE: 143+

PALLI BIDDUT SAMITI(PBS): 80

POWER HUB: ASUGANJ, SIDDHIRGANJ, PAYRA, SIRAJGANJ, MATARBARI, MODUNA.

NOTABLE GENERATION COMPANY:
 EGCB, RPCL ,BPDB  , APSCL ,BCMCL, KPCL,NWPGCL,WZPDCL, SUMMIT POWER, ORION,UNITED GROUP, SINHA GROUP etc.

TRANSMISSION COMPANY: PGCB

DISTRIBUTION COMPANY: DPDC,DESCO,PDB, NWPGCL,WZPDCL

FUEL TYPE: GAS, COAL, WIND, SOLAR, WASTE MANAGEMENT, HYDRO, HFO, HSD, LFO, OIL etc.

VOLTAGE LEVEL IN BD: 11-18KV, 33KV, 132KV, 220KV, 400KV.

COMMUNICATION MEDIUM SUBSTATION  to SUBSTATION: SCADA,PLCC

PER UNIT COST OF ELECTRICITY BY FUEL:

hydro- 1.32tk

gas: 2.8tk

coal: 7.38tk

furnace oil : 11.48tk

diesel: 19.30tk 

 solar: 16.14tk

power imported from india: 5.94tk

ELECTRICITY COVERAGE: 95%









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