The Adani group on Saturday announced that it has commenced the full-load commencement of power supply to Bangladesh from its 1600 mw thermal plant in Jharkhand’s Godda.

Group chairman Gautam Adani on Saturday called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka following the development which marks the conglomerate’s entry into transnational power projects.

It is the country’s first commissioned transnational power project where 100 per cent of the generated power is supplied to another nation.

A statement from the group said that Adani Power Jharkhand Ltd (APJL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Power Ltd, completed the dependable capacity test for the Godda plant on July 12.

The dependable capacity test, which is a mandatory requirement under the power purchase agreement (PPA) with Bangladesh, was conducted over the stipulated period of six hours to evaluate the simultaneous functioning of both units of the plant after they began supplying electricity.

In April, the first unit of 800 MW capacity of the plant began commercial operations. The second unit, also of 800 MW capacity, followed on June 26.

Under the power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Bangladesh Power Development Board, executed in November 2017 for a period of 25 years, APJL will supply 1,496 MW from the Ultra Super-Critical Thermal Power Plant (USCTPP) through a 400 kV dedicated transmission system connected to the Bangladesh grid.

“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 a record time of three-and-a-half years.” Gautam Adani said in a tweet after meeting the Bangladesh Prime Minister.

Power supplied from the Godda power plant is expected to have a positive impact on Bangladesh’s power situation by replacing costly power generated from liquid fuel. It is also projected to help Bangladesh reduce the average cost of power purchased.

The conglomerate had recently said that APJL had completed the Godda USCTPP along with dedicated transmission line within a time period of around 3.5 years from its financial closure despite being affected by three phases of Covid waves in India, China and Bangladesh.