GE gas turbines for Bhola power plant

A French subsidiary of GE will supply two 6F gas turbine-generators to China Chengda Engineering Co Ltd, to be used for a gas-based combined cycle power plant in Bangladesh's southern district of Bhola, GE said in a statement yesterday.
With the addition of this new contract, in a little over eight months, respective GE entities will now be supplying gas turbines that will toge-
ther produce 900 megawatts of power in Bangladesh. The Bhola plant will produce nearly 200 megawatts of power.
China Chengda Engineering is an international contractor engaged in EPC activities.
GE's 6F gas turbine will be the first advanced F-class gas turbine-generator installation in Bangladesh in this megawatt range. The project is expected to begin generation by 2015.
The new installation will help compensate and reduce the energy mismatch currently being experienced in Bangladesh by delivering power with high efficiency, availability, reliability and low emissions.
In the first half of 2013, GE received orders to supply 9F 3-series gas turbines for two power plants in Siddhirganj and Bibiyana. Together, these projects will produce 675 megawatts of power.