Since coal was imported for power generation, the Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal Fired Power Plant will begin producing 1200 MW of electricity on Friday, according to a process official. “We have ensured coal supply for the plant to keep it operation for electricity generation,” A J M Ershad Ahsan Habib, Director General (Addl Charge) Power Cell told BSS here today. He said Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal Fired Power Plant is now under maintenance and it will go for operation from Friday next. “From now coal crisis will not be visible, as coal is coming in every week. Each unit of the plant having 600 MW generation capacity is required 5000 metric tons of coal per day while 5000 metric tons for another unit,” he added. According to Habib, power plant employees have been unloading coal from mother vessels in two to three days as opposed to ten to fifteen days.
According to him, the nation produced 10,000 MW of electricity yesterday as the winter season steadily reduced demand for electricity.
Information indicates that a lack of coal caused the 1,200 MW two-unit power station to shut down on October 31.
According to the report, a ship flying the Indonesian flag brought 70,000 metric tonnes of coal to the power plant’s jetty last week. In addition, another Indonesian vessel carrying 60,000 metric tonnes of coal docked at Matarbari Power.
Manowar Hossain Majumdar, Supervising Engineer (Transportation) of Matarbari Site Office of Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited, told journalists recently an agreement was signed for coal import. According to the agreement, Meghna Group and Birla will import 3.5 million metric tons of coal for the power plant in a year. The Power Cell DG said that now the demand for electricity is less than before due to the winter season which is already approached.
