Adani Power commences export to Bangladesh from Jharkhand's Godda plant

Adani Power has started exporting power to Bangladesh from its 1,600MW plant in Jharkhand's Godda.

Adani Power Jharkhand Limited (APJL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Adani Power Limited, has achieved commercial operations date (COD) of its second unit of 2x800 MW Godda ultra-supercritical thermal power plant, Adani Power said in a statement on Tuesday.

The reliability run test, including commercial operation tests of the second unit of Godda power plant, was completed on June 25 in the presence of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and Power Grid Corporation of Bangladesh (PGCB) officials.

On April 6, the first unit of the power plant, with 800MW capacity, had achieved its COD.

Power supply from the Godda plant to Bangladesh will further enhance energy security in the neighbouring country, it said.

"APJL shall supply 1,496 MW net capacity power from 2x800 MW Godda USCTPP under the PPA with BPDB executed in November 2017 for a period of 25 years via 400 kV dedicated transmis