State-owned Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Limited (CPGCBL) yesterday signed a deal with four companies for receiving their consultancy services to set up the 1,200MW Matarbari Ultra Super Critical Coal-Fired Power Plant in Cox’s Bazar.
CPGCBL Company Secretary Mizanur Rahman and Hiroto Itagaki, project manager representing the four companies, signed the deal on behalf of their respective organisations at a hotel in the capital.
The companies are Japan-based Tokyo Electric Power Services Co Ltd and Nippon Koei Co Ltd, Germany-based Fichtner GmbH and Co, and Australia-based SMEC International Pty Ltd.
On August 16, 2014, the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved the Tk35,984.46 crore project with the aim of boosting electricity generation.
State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid, Power Division Secretary Monowar Islam, CPGCBL Managing Director Md Abul Kasem and representatives of Japan International Cooperation Agency and the four companies were present when the agreement was inked.
Nasrul Hamid said Japan had always been a good friend of Bangladesh, adding: “We hope to see that the project has been implemented during the tenure of the government.”
According to the deal, the four companies will design the plant, prepare the specifications and bidding documents, and assist in the EPC selection process, construction, supervision and monitoring of environmental factors up to the defect liability period. It is a 108-month project.
The CPGCBL will pay over Tk186 crore to the four companies for receiving the service.
Ultra Super Critical Technology will be used to build the plant, which is 42% more efficient than the average efficiency of 34% of other coal-based plants in the country.