Haripur 250 MW (BPDB) LNG Power Plant

Current Status: Announced

Representational Picture: TBS

Haripur 250 MW Power Plant, is an announced power plant situated in  Haripur, Bandar Upazila in Narayanganj District (Location: 23.6804, 90.52135) probably. It has been sponsored by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) as a State-owned Power Plant (SOPP) for 25 years. Feasibility study completed but no construction decision taken as of early 2024. As per the original schedule, the power plant was to be in commercial operation in June 2025 and retire in June 2050. No construction decision has been taken and the June 2025 COD has not been met (BPDB, 2024).

Capacity

The installed (gross) capacity of this power plant is going to be  250 MW. 

Context

Haripur 250 MW power plant is going to be constructed in Haripur, Bandar Upazila in Narayanganj District of Bangladesh. This power plant is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant that will run with LNG (PT, 2023). A feasibility study for the power plant was completed but no decision has been taken till June 2022 (BPDB, 2022) and still in January 2024, the power plant is in the same state (BPDB, 2024). The Commercial Operation Date (COD) of the power plant is planned for June 2025 (BPDB, 2022) .

Land Acquisition

No information has been found about this yet.

Finance

As a BPDB state owned plant, financing would likely come from the Bangladesh government budget and/or development financing institutions such as ADB or JICA, which have supported previous BPDB CCGT projects. However, no specific financing arrangement has been announced for this plant.

Sponsor

The power plant is sponsored by Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) (BPDB, 2024).

Contractors

No information has been disclosed yet.

Power Generation

This power plant is not in production yet.

Fuel Supply

The fuel, LNG (Liquified Natural Gas) will be used by this power plant (PT, 2023).  No further information has been found about fuel supply for the power plant.

Environment

According to Section 12 of the Bangladesh Environment Protection Act 1995, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is obligatory for any industry (MOLJPA, 1995). The polluting industries, such as power plants, have to go through an Initial Environmental Examination (IEE) and EIA as directed in the Environmental Conservation Rules 1997 (MOEFCC, 1997). But unfortunately, no Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report was found of this project. According to the environmental conservation rule 2023 the project falls in the “Red” indicating it as a potential harmful project for the environment (MOEFCC 2023).

References

• BPDB (2022). ‘Power Sector Progress Report’. Bangladesh Power Development Board: 15 June 2022

• BPDB (2024). ‘Power Sector Progress Report’. Bangladesh Power Development Board: 11 January 2024

• PT (2023). “Power plant profile: Haripur CCGT Power Plant, Bangladesh”. Power Technology (PT): 14 November 2023.

• MOEFCC (1997). “The Environment Conservation Rules, 1997” The Environment Conservation Rules: 27 August, 1997.

• MOEFCC (2023). “The Environmental Conservation Rules”. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC): 5 March 2023.

• MOLJPA (1995). ‘Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act 1995’. Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs (MOLJPA): 16 February 1995.