Rampal Power Station
The Rampal Power Station (Bengali: রামপাল বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র) is a 1320 megawatt coal-fired power station currently under construction at Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District in Khulna, Bangladesh. The power plant is being constructed on an area of over 1834 acres of land, is situated 14 kilometres north of the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It will be the country's largest power plant.
| Rampal Power Station | |
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| Official name | Rampal Coal-fire Power Station |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Location | Sapmari, Rampal Upazila of Bagerhat District |
| Coordinates | 22°35′44″N 89°33′15″E |
| Status | Under construction |
| Construction began | July 2016 |
| Construction cost | ৳160 billion |
| Owner(s) | National Thermal Power Corporation (India) and Bangladesh Power Development Board (Bangladesh) |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Site area | 7,421,935 m2 1,834.000 acres |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 1320 MW |
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It is being set up by BIFPCL (Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company Limited) which is 50:50 joint venture between India's state owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) and Bangladesh's Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB). BIFCPL awarded an EPC contract to Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) valued at over US$1.49 billion for setting up of Maitree Super Thermal Power Project (2X660MW). BHEL has started EPC activities and the first dispatch happened in January 2018.