Matarbari power plant's first unit (600 MW) and Single Point Mooring (SPM) are ready for inauguration, reports state news agency BSS.
"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open the first unit (600 MW) of Matarbari coal-fired power plant on November 11," State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid told confirmed the news agency on Wednesday.
Sheikh Hasina will also inaugurate the SPM (Single Point Mooring), which is expected to save about Tk. 800 crore annually.Nasrul Hamid said the first unit of two-unit Matarbari power plant, each having generation capacity of 600MW, started power generation on trial basis on July 29.
The first unit generated record 618 MW power as the reactor of the second unit was also installed on September 22.
The second unit (600 MW) will come into commercial production six months after inauguration the first unit of 600 MW.
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