The government has approved installation of five more coal-fired power projects by local private sector entrepreneurs having a combined capacity to generate 2,087MW of electricity.
The cabinet committee on public purchase approved the proposals on Sunday. The government will purchase power from these plants at Tk6-7 per unit.
Of the plants, to be constructed under build-own-operate (BOO) basis, three would be built by Orion Group having a combined capacity of 1,199MW while the others (888MW) by S Alam Group.
Orion Group will construct two of its plants in Dhaka and the other in Chittagong. The two plants of S Alam Group will be constructed in Chittagong and Barisal.
Meanwhile, the cabinet committee also endorsed a proposal to appoint a Russian contractor firm to complete the first phase of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project. The contractor will complete the work at a cost of $265m.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is supposed to inaugurate the groundwork of the 2,000MW plant in Pabna on October 2.
