GE to supply gas turbine to Ghorashal power plant

GE has been awarded a contract by China Energy Engineering Group -Guangdong Power Engineering Co Ltd to supply gas turbine for repowering unit 4 of Ghorashal power plant at Narsingdi.

In line with the government's power generation expansion plans to add around 12 GW electricity by 2018, the repowering of the plant of Bangladesh Power Development Board is an important milestone, GE said in a statement yesterday.

The plant will result in an addition of more than 200 MW of clean energy output and an efficiency increase of more than 20 percent, according to the statement.

The repowering of unit 4 will result in an addition of more than 400 MW of clean energy to the national grid of Bangladesh, GE said.

The existing gas-fired boiler of unit 4 at Ghorashal plant will be substituted with GE's advanced 9F.03 AGP gas turbine with advanced gas path (AGP) technology, including advisory services for installation, performance testing and two years of operational spares during warranty period.

The repowering will add 25 years to the overall lifetime of the power plant, increase its efficiency from the existing 31 percent to more than 53 percent and improve the overall output of the plant to 409MW, from the current 170MW.

“The power sector in Bangladesh is on the rise and we are upbeat about the opportunities it presents,” said Deepesh Nanda, CEO for gas power systems at GE South Asia.

“As one of the world's largest suppliers of gas turbines, our latest advanced products are at the heart of world's most efficient power plants,” Nanda said.

“We are committed to supporting the government in its endeavour to bring efficient and reliable power for the people of Bangladesh through our extensive portfolio of technology and solutions.” 

GE is a power generation pioneer with more than 60 years in gas turbine technology and manufacturing. Approximately one third of the world's installed power base includes GE equipment.