Current Status: Canceled
Khulna South 600 MW Coal Power Plant, also known as Orion Mongla Coal Power Plant, is a canceled supercritical thermal power plant was to be situated in Moidhara Village of Durgapur under Mongla Upazila in Bagerhat District of Bangladesh (Location: 22.5712, 89.5662). It was proposed by Orion Group to install and operate as a private Independent Power Producer (IPP) for 25 years. The sponsor scrapped the plan and installed a Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) Power Plant on the same site. The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) also revoked its permission on June 2021.
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The installed capacity of the power plant was to be 680 MW.