A unit of India-based Adani Power’s Godda plant remained shut from Thursday night due to technical problems, further worsening Bangladesh’s already severe power shortage.
Bangladesh Power Development Board member Md Jahirul Islam, who oversees power generation, told New Age that one of the coal-fired units of the Adani plant went out of operation since Thursday night due to technical problems.
Adani Power has not informed the BPDB how long it will take to repair the unit, he said on Thursday.
The power deficit reached 2,975 megawatts at 2:00pm on Friday, with the National Load Dispatch Centre supplying 13,247MW against a demand of 16,222MW.
According to Power Grid Bangladesh PLC data, Adani Power was supplying around 750MW to Bangladesh from Thursday against its contracted capacity of 1,600MW.
The data also shows that the Godda plant had reduced its generation from August 7.
In a statement issued on September 2, Adani Power said it had reduced electricity supply from its Godda power plant in Jharkhand due to severe railway congestion and restrictions on coal transportation, which had disrupted coal deliveries to the plant.
Bangladesh imports around 2,500MW of electricity from India and another 40MW from Nepal.
Power imports from Nepal have remained suspended since August 28 after flash floods and mudslides damaged the country’s hydropower infrastructure.
The disruption in power imports has added to pressure on Bangladesh’s power system amid persistent fuel shortages.
