GE Power will supply power generation equipment for the upcoming 220-megawatt electricity plant in Bhola, said the US energy firm in a statement.

GE said it has recently been selected by India's Shapoorji Pallonji Group (SP Group), which will build the plant, to supply the equipment.

This will be GE's second power plant in Bhola of the same capacity; the first one was commissioned in 2015. The combined-cycle power plant will use GE's F-class gas turbines.

Mitesh Soni, business head for power business at SP Group, said the power project would be an important milestone for the group in Bangladesh. “GE's technological prowess and on-the-ground local market expertise proved to be a huge advantage for our teams.”

SP Group has signed a 22-year power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board. The power plant will operate on dual-fuel technology using natural gas as the primary fuel and diesel as the back-up fuel and is expected to achieve commercial operations by December 2019.

“GE's technology advantage and local presence in South Asia give us an edge in addressing the needs of our customers in the region,” said Deepesh Nanda, CEO of GE's gas power systems in South Asia.

GE Power will supply the full suite of engineered equipment package for the project, including two 6F.03 gas turbines, two heat recovery steam generators, one steam turbine generator, condenser and associated control systems.

It will also provide technical expertise during the installation phase of the project. New York-based GE Power is a world leader in power generation and GE's largest industrial business, generating about $27 billion in revenue in 2016.