According to related sources, about 15-20 megawatts (MW) of electricity is being added to the national grid from this plant every day.
The project is still operating on an experimental basis and has added about 27 lakh kilowatt hours of electricity to the national grid in the last month.
Khurushkul’s 60 MW wind power project is a part of the government’s efforts to expand the clean energy arena in the country.
Project officials said commercial production of the power plant will begin in September or November. A total of 60 MW of electricity will be added to the national grid.
The work of the wind power project at Khurushkul in Cox’s Bazar Sadar started in March last year. So far, 10 turbines have been constructed by the Bankkhali River.
Private firm US-DK Green Energy (BD) Ltd is implementing the project with financial support provided by China. The necessary equipment for this project worth Tk 900 crore has been brought from China.
Engineer Mukit Alam Khan, project manager of US-DK Green Energy, said that the 60 MW wind power project established in Cox’s Bazar was connected to the national grid on May 25.
“It started providing electricity to the national grid from May 26. In the last month, 27 lakh kilowatt hours of electricity have been added to the national grid. I expect, the rest of the project will be completed soon and it will go into commercial production,” he said.
A total of 22 turbines will be installed in 3 coastal unions under the eco-friendly power sector expansion project of which each turbine will generate 3-MW electricity. So far 10 turbines have already been installed on 90-metre towers each with the help of a 100 tonnes capacity crane brought from China.
Project-related sources said, there will be no adverse impact on the economy and the environment due to the wind power project.
US-DK Green Energy’s Director Sajid Rahman said, “Each turbine will produce 3MW of electricity and the towers do not require much space. A big advantage of this is that agricultural farming can be done in the neighbouring fields where the towers are installed.”
He added that this project is environmentally and economically sustainable.
The wind power project’s Director Engineer M Abdul Quader Gani said at the moment 15 to 21 MW of electricity is being experimentally supplied to the national grid from the Cox’s Bazar 60 MW Power Project.
“There are 10 turbines but seven are operational now. The other three are still in the installation phase. We expect the work will soon be completed,” he said.
Due to windy weather recently, the turbines are able to produce to full capacity and electricity is being added to Cox’s Bazar station.
Abdul Quader further said that the installation work of the remaining 12 is progressing at a fast pace.
“Hopefully, the entire project will be completed by September or November this year. Once this work is completed, it will be possible to supply 60 MW of electricity to the national grid from the wind power plant,” he added.
