Power generation started in the third unit of Barapukuria, load shedding will be reduced in the northern region
September 16, 20244 Mins Read
Jumbangla Desk: The power generation of the third unit of Barapukuria Coal Based Thermal Power Plant has started and the generated power is being supplied to the National Grid.

Dinajpur Barapukuria coal-based thermal power plant chief engineer Md. confirmed this information at 12 yesterday night. Abu Bakr Siddique.

He said that after the repair of the third unit of the thermal power plant, the trial operation for production was started from 1:30 pm on Sunday. Production started successfully at 11 pm yesterday. 225 MW of electricity has been successfully produced from this unit with a capacity of 275 MW. The generated electricity is being supplied to the national grid since 12 midnight yesterday.

He said that before this, the production of unit number 1 of the power plant started on September 12. Although the unit has a capacity of 125 MW, it is generating 70 to 75 MW of electricity per day.

At present, an average of 285 to 300 MW of power generation from two units is being added to the national grid. The authorities hope that the load shedding in the northern part of the country will reduce to a large extent.

According to the information given by the authorities of Barapukuria thermal power plant, the production of 3 units of this coal-based thermal power plant with a capacity of 525 megawatts is managed by the Chinese contractor Harbin International. The 5-year contract from 2020 to 25 will expire next year. The thermal power plant has been established depending on the coal supplied by the Barapukuria Coal Mine.

525 MW power plant of 3 units of thermal power plant is 3 units but electricity is generated from 2 units. The remaining one unit is closed for over well. Among them, the power generation of unit number 3 with 275 MW capacity was stopped at the end of July this year.

After a 36-day power outage, the third unit was commissioned on September 6, but two days later on September 9, production stopped again due to a well pump failure.

After 6 days yesterday, September 15th, from 1:30 PM, the production started in full swing at 11:00 PM. Although this unit has a capacity of 275 MW, 210 to 225 MW of electricity is being produced daily. which is being added to the national grid. For this, 2,200 to 2,300 metric tons of coal is required per day.

On the same day last September 6, Unit No. 1 was closed for renovation work. Later, from the night of September 12, power generation of unit number 1 started. Although this unit has a capacity of 125 MW, it is generating 70-75 MW of electricity every day. The electricity generated by this unit is being fed into the national grid. 800 to 900 metric tons of coal is required to keep unit number 1 of this thermal power plant running.

According to the source, if this thermal power plant is operational, the load shedding of 8 districts of the northern region will be reduced to a large extent. On the other hand, the center's 125 MW unit number 2 has been closed since November 2020. From which 65-70 MW electricity was produced.

Dinajpur Bara Process Coal Mine Assistant Manager Nuruzzaman Mia said that currently there are 250,000 metric tons of coal in the coal yard of Barapukuria Coal Mine. Daily coal supply from Barapukuria coal mine is 3 to 3.5 thousand metric tons of coal. The thermal power plant requires about 4,800 metric tons of coal per day for normal production with 3 units running. However, it was never possible to run 3 units simultaneously.

In this regard, the chief engineer of the thermal power plant. Abu Bakar Siddique said that the unit number 2 with a capacity of 125 MW has been closed since November 2020. After installation of new well pumps from China, production has started from the third unit. From which it is possible to join the national grid by producing 210 to 225 megawatts of electricity.

He said, 'After the renovation work, the production of unit number 1 has been started from last September 12. Although this unit has a capacity of 125 megawatts, 70 to 75 megawatts of electricity is being generated from it every day and is being added to the national grid. At present, an average of 285 to 300 MW of electricity from two units is being added to the national grid from this centre.

As a result, the chief engineer of the thermal power station expressed hope that the load shedding in the northern region will be reduced.

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