Current Status: Operation
Ashuganj 150 MW Gas Power Plant (Unit 5), also known as Ashuganj-V Thermal Power Plant, is a Gas Turbine (GT) power plant situated within Ashuganj Power Station Complex in Sonaram under Ashuganj Upazila in Brahmanbaria District of Bangladesh (Coordinates: 24.0432, 91.0149). It has been sponsored by Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited (APSCL), a State-owned Enterprise (SOE) of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), as a publicly owned Independent Power Producer (IPP) for 25 years. The sponsor declared its Commercial Operation Date (COD) on 21 March 1988 and, according to schedule, it was to retire on 20 March 2013.
Capacity
The installed (gross) and derated (net) capacity of the power plant was 150 MW and 127.35 MW respectively.