Gautam Adani Meets Bangladesh PM As Godda Power Plant Begins Power Supply To Neighbouring Country

Adani Power Ltd started exporting power to Bangladesh from its 1,600 MW power project on April 10, 2023. The Godda USCTPP marks the Adani Group's entry into transnational power projects.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani met with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka, on Saturday.

Source : Twitter/Gautam Adani

Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka after the commencement of power supply to the neighboring country from the Group's ultra-supercritical thermal power plant (USCTPP) located in Godda, Jharkhand. Adani Power Ltd started exporting power to Bangladesh from its 1,600 MW power project on April 10, 2023.

The port-to-power conglomerate in a statement on Saturday called it a "shining example of India-Bangladesh cooperation." The Godda USCTPP marks the Adani Group's entry into transnational power projects. It is India's first commissioned transnational power project where 100 per cent of the generated power is supplied to another nation, it said.

In a statement, Adani Group said, "Chairman Gautam Adani called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Saturday following the full load commencement of power supply to Bangladesh from the Group's Ultra Super-Critical Thermal Power Plant in Godda, India".

"Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600 MW Ultra Super-Critical Godda Power Plant. I salute the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who braved COVID to commission the plant in a record time of three-and-a-half years," Adani tweeted after meeting the Bangladesh PM.

Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600 MW Ultra Super Critical Godda Power Plant. I salute the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who braved Covid to commission the plant in record time of three-and-a-half years. pic.twitter.com/liwZTKlBDG

— Gautam Adani (@gautam_adani) July 15, 2023

The electricity supplied by Godda will replace costly power generated in Bangladesh using liquid fuel. The power will be supplied continuously at a competitive tariff, the statement added.

Under the power purchase agreement (PPA) signed with the Bangladesh Power Development Board, the Godda power plant will supply 1,496 MW of electricity to Bangladesh for a duration of 25 years. This power will be transmitted through a dedicated 400 kV transmission system, connected to the Bangladesh grid. The PPA was executed in November 2017.

Commercial operations commenced on April 6 with the first unit of the Godda plant, which has a capacity of 800 MW. Subsequently, on June 26, the second unit, also with a capacity of 800 MW, started operations.