Adani Group Founder and Chairman Gautam Adani on Saturday visited Bangladesh and met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The meeting took place at the prime minister's official residence Ganabhaban.
Adani, on his official Twitter account, wrote: “Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600MW Ultra Super Critical Godda Power Plant. I salute the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who braved Covid to commission the plant in record time of three-and-a-half years.”
Located in the Godda district of India's Jharkhand state, the coal-based power plant built by the Adani Group boasts two units.
Honoured to have met Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina on full load commencement and handover of the 1600 MW Ultra Super Critical Godda Power Plant. I salute the dedicated teams from India and Bangladesh who braved Covid to commission the plant in record time of three-and-a-half years. pic.twitter.com/liwZTKlBDG
— Gautam Adani (@gautam_adani) July 15, 2023
The first unit, with a capacity of 748MW, began test power supply last March, with commercial production commencing on April 7.
The second unit started commercial operations on June 25, at midnight.
In 2017, the Power Development Board (PDB) of Bangladesh entered into a power purchase agreement with the Adani Group.
Under the terms of the agreement, PDB would buy electricity from the Adani Power plant for 25 years.
However, before production began, PDB raised concerns about the price of the imported coal for this power plant.
After numerous discussions with representatives from Adani, assurances were given that their coal prices would not be higher than those used at the Payra and Rampal power plants.
