Gautam Adani meets Bangladesh PM over India’s inaugural transnational power project

The primary purpose of the Godda power plant, established by Adani Power, is to supply electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board through a dedicated transmission line.

• Shubham
• 17 July, 2023

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By: Shubham Ghosh

GAUTAM Adani, chairman of India’s Adani Group, recently had a meeting with Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina to mark the full load commencement and handover of the 1,600 MW ultra supercritical Godda power plant located in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.

Adani expressed his honour in meeting Hasina at her residence in Dhaka and commended the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who worked tirelessly during the challenging times of the Covid-19 pandemic to commission the power plant within an impressive timeframe of three-and-a-half years. He conveyed his gratitude and admiration through a tweet.

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 primary purpose of the Godda power plant, established by Adani Power, is to supply electricity to the Bangladesh Power Development Board through a dedicated transmission line. Last month, Adani Power announced that the plant had achieved full operational status, marking a significant milestone.

In a statement, Adani Power Jharkhand Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Power Limited, revealed that the commercial operations of the second unit of the 2 x 800 MW Godda Ultra Supercritical Thermal Power Plant (Godda USCTPP) commenced on June 26 in Godda district of Jharkhand. The completion of the reliability run rest and commercial operation tests of the second unit took place on June 25, in the presence of officials from BPDB and the Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh.

The first unit of the power plant, boasting a capacity of 800 MW, achieved its Commercial Operation Date in April of the same year. Adani Power emphasized that the supply of power from the Godda USCTPP to Bangladesh’s grid would significantly contribute to enhancing energy security in the country.

(With agency inputs)