The restart brings relief after load shedding reached 3,100MW and demand remained above BPDB’s current generation of 13,000MW to 14,000MW.
Adani Power’s 800MW Godda Unit-2 resumed supplying electricity to Bangladesh today after a technical fault kept the unit offline for nearly 84 hours, easing pressure on the country’s strained power system.
The unit was synchronised with Bangladesh’s national electricity grid at around 12:04pm today, allowing power supply to resume, Md Nahid Hasan, public relations officer of Power Grid Bangladesh, told .
“The unit has just been synchronised. It will take some time to reach full production,” Hasan said.
An Adani Power source said the unit was successfully lit up at 5:17am, ahead of schedule. Its output is expected to rise gradually as the plant completes the restart process.
The shutdown had increased pressure on Bangladesh’s power system since Thursday midnight, with the electricity shortfall exceeding 3,000MW at one point on Thursday night.
Demand declined on Friday, easing the situation, but load shedding increased to as much as 3,100MW around midnight, according to the Power Grid Bangladesh spokesperson.
The return of the 800MW unit is expected to further reduce pressure on the national grid as its generation increases.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board is currently producing around 13,000MW to 14,000MW of electricity against demand of 16,000MW to 17,000MW.
Source: The Daily Star
