GE Power to Supply Turbine for Bangladesh Power Plant

GE Power will supply its LMS100 gas turbine for an upcoming 100-MW simple cycle natural gas-based power plant in the city of Shahjibazar in Bangladesh, it said November 29.

The contract has been awarded to GE by Jiangsu Etern Company, which has won the contract from Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for setting-up the Shahjibazar power plant on a turnkey basis. The 100-MW power plant is a part of the larger initiative undertaken by BPDB to improve grid stability with power generation systems.

“The order, worth multi-million USD, includes supplying the gas turbine equipment and providing related services for installation, testing and commissioning. The project is expected to be commissioned in the second quarter of 2019,” GE said.

The LMS100 is among GE’s aeroderivative gas turbines ideally suited to meet fluctuating grid conditions due to their heightened flexibility and helping to provide a high degree of stability to the grid. The embedded dual-fuel capability gives additional flexibility to the gas turbine, enabling it to operate on both natural gas and LPG with zero fuel transition cost. According to GE, this technology is apt for the power plants currently running on heavy fuel oil (HFO) or diesel in south Asian countries of India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.

The Shahjibazar project also marks BPDB’s first EPC contract for an aeroderivative gas turbine in the Bangladesh power segment, GE said.

BPDB had awarded other EPC contracts for gas-fired power the same day and the country is stepping up its gas import plans, with LNG seen as the quick route to affordable, clean energy.