This is the first unit of the 240MW Siddhirganj peaking power plant project being set up by BHEL on turnkey basis. The second unit is also in an advanced stage of completion at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) funded project of the Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB), BHEL said.
For the project, the scope of work awarded to BHEL by EGCB includes design, manufacture, testing, supply, installation and commissioning of two 126MW ISO rated gas turbines and generators along with auxiliaries and gas booster compressors, besides other equipment and civil works.
Equipments like gas turbines, generators, gas booster compressors, generator transformers as well as control systems were manufactured by BHEL at its various plants in India. For the civil as well as erection commissioning and other local works, local companies in Bangladesh were associated.
