By IANS,
Kolkata: State-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is in talks with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) about water resources and land for a joint venture coal-based power project in Khulna in Bangladesh.
“We are having a 50:50 joint venture with BPDB for the Khulna power project. Currently, the feasibility study is being done,” said Inderjit Kapoor, director (commercial) in NTPC.
A BPDB team is in Delhi to discuss the issues of water resources, infrastructure and land for the project, said Kapoor.
The project is expected to generate 1,320 MW of power.
“The joint venture company will take the decision regarding the power sharing,” said Kapoor when asked whether the surplus power generated at the plant would be transmitted to India.
The NTPC in August signed a memorandum of understanding with BPDB to set up two coal-based power projects in Bangladesh, one in Khulna and the other in Chittagong.