GE to repower Ghorashal power plant

GE Power in a consortium with China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation, has been awarded a $117 million order from Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant, the largest power station in Bangladesh, says a press release.
This will be the first repowering project for the country and will provide a much-needed increase in power generation capacity for Bangladesh by adding more than 200 megawatts (MW) of cleaner power to the national grid, a press release of the global GE Company said today.
The project calls for repowering the existing 210 MW Power Machines (LMZ 200) steam turbine which is run by a gas-fired boiler by transforming it into a combined cycle power plant. The repowering will be achieved by installing a gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to generate an efficient 416.3 MW in combined cycle mode.
"GE is proud to be a partner in building and expanding the power generation infrastructure of Bangladesh and is committed to help the country achieve its energy goals of providing electricity to all by 2021," said Deepesh Nanda, CEO for GE's Gas Power Systems business, GE South Asia.
As part of the overall repowering scope, the station's existing steam turbine will be retrofitted with GE's advanced reaction design steam turbine high pressure (HP) module, intermediate pressure (IP) module and lower pressure (LP) inner module to suit the new steam parameters.
GE's innovative solutions will help substantially reduce carbon emissions from the power plant by enhancing the station's overall efficiency of the plant to 54 percent.

GE to repower Ghorashal power plant

GE Power in a consortium with China National Machinery and Equipment Import and Export Corporation, has been awarded a $117 million order from Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for repowering Unit 3 of the Ghorashal Power Plant, the largest power station in Bangladesh, says a press release. This will be the first repowering project for the country and will provide a much-needed increase in power generation capacity for Bangladesh by adding more than 200 megawatts (MW) of cleaner power to the national grid, a press release of the global GE Company said today. The project calls for repowering the existing 210 MW Power Machines (LMZ 200) steam turbine which is run by a gas-fired boiler by transforming it into a combined cycle power plant. The repowering will be achieved by installing a gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to generate an efficient 416.3 MW in combined cycle mode. GE is proud to be a partner in building and expanding the power generation infrastructure of Bangladesh and is committed to help the country achieve its energy goals of providing electricity to all by 2021, said Deepesh Nanda, CEO for GEs Gas Power Systems business, GE South Asia. As part of the overall repowering scope, the stations existing steam turbine will be retrofitted with GEs advanced reaction design steam turbine high pressure (HP) module, intermediate pressure (IP) module and lower pressure (LP) inner module to suit the new steam parameters. GEs innovative solutions will help substantially reduce carbon emissions from the power plant by enhancing the stations overall efficiency of the plant to 54 percent.