PM unveils 9,000 MW power import plan from neighbours EB Report / BSSPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said Bangladesh plans to import 9,000 MW power by 2041 from neighbouring countries, expecting New Delhi to stay beside this endeavour in a video conference with her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. Sheikh Hasina added that steps have been taken to immediately import 3,000 MW more from India as Bangladesh currently imports 660 MW from there. The Indian premier noted that it was very much needed to maintain neigbourly relations with leaders of neighbouring countries. Sheikh Hasina said her government was building additional 55 power plants with 13,690 MW power generation capacities but “we need more energy to sustain our high economic growth”. Officials familiar with the power sector project said of the 500 MW power to be imported, 300 MW would come from India’s state-run National Thermal Power Plant and 200 MW from private Power Trading Corporation of India.

Source: Energy Bangla September 10, 2018 15:22 UTC