Marubeni to Construct Combined Cycle Power Plant for Bangladesh Government
Tokyo, Dec 27, 2012 (JCN) - Marubeni Corporation, in partnership with Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. of Korea, has been awarded a contract for construction of the Bibiyana Gas Based Combined Cycle Power Plant with the total net capacity of approximately 400MW from Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).
The plant is expected to be taken over by BPDB in 2015, and will be equivalent to the largest combined cycle power plant in Bangladesh which is being constructed by Marubeni under the New Haripur Power Development Project.
In a Combined Cycle Power Plant, a gas turbine generator generates electricity and waste heat is used to make steam to generate additional electricity via a steam turbine.
In Bangladesh, Marubeni has a track record Rehabilitation Projects for Unit 2 & 3 of Haripur 100MW Gas Turbine Power Plant and Unit 4 & 5 of Karnafuri Hydro Power Plant, and is now executing the New Haripur Power Plant Development Project (410MW) which was awarded in February 2011 by the Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Ltd.
The scope of the contract includes the engineering, procurement, equipment delivery and the construction/installation works on full turn-key basis. The Gas Turbine & Generator are to be procured from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (Generator is to be manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation) while the Steam Turbine & Generator are to be procured from Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
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