Presentation on

Rampal Power Plant

and Opportunities
Group Members
• Emrul Ishtiak (6TH) 51862020
• Mohammad Zahirul Islam (7TH) 5192007
• Shaila Afrin Mousumi (7TH) 51972008
• Saima Kamal (7TH) 51972012
• Kazi Taneem Haider (7TH)51972015
• S.M.Morshed (7TH) 51972052
Contents
• Introduction
• Background
• Project Details
• Related Companies
• Financing
• Benefits and cost assessment
• Stakeholder or public consultation and outcomes
• Agreement
• Progress and Opportunity Sectors
• Effects of the Project
• Advantages/Disadvantages
• Conclusions
 Introduction- Rampal Power Plant

• Also known as the ‘Maitree Super Thermal

Power Project ‘
• The proposed imported-coal-fired power plant
is to be a joint venture of Bangladesh Power
Development Board (BPDB) and India’s largest
power producer, NTPC Limited, under the
name of Bangladesh-India Friendship Power
Company Limited (BIFPCL)
• 2*(500-660) MW, overall 1320 MW Coal
Based Thermal Power Plant
Background

The joint venture agreement between NTPC and BPDB was signed
on January 29, 2012. The Indian company BHEL has been
selected as the construction company and signed the ‘Main Plant
EPC’ contract for the construction work in July 2016. Indian
Export-Import Bank is in the process of extending a Buyer's
Credit of USD 1.6 billion to BIFCPL.
Project Details
 Related Companies

• Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Limited Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) Bangladesh

• Bharat Heavy Electricals India

• National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) India

• Price Waterhouse Coopers India

Financing

The capital which might be equivalent to US $1.5 billion, will be

taken as bank loans with help from the NTPC. So as National
Thermal Power Company (NTPC) would hold ownership of the power
plant. India and Bangladesh will fund the remaining 30% equally
(15% each).
Benefit and cost assessment
• Approximately leasing cost BDT 50,000/acre per year and maintenance dredging cost BDT. 320
million in a year has been included in financial and economic analysis.
• The financial outputs Net Present Value BDT.593.0.4 million has estimated considering the
discounting rate 9% where economic output Net Present Value BDT. 1217 million has estimated
considering the discounting rate 12% and 8.5% plant factor.
• About BDT. 12,930 million will be the estimated cost of the pollution abatement measures along
with additional environmental management plan.
• Government has approved to spend about BDT. 277.2 million per year for regional socio-economic
development.
• the predicted tariff of will be raised to 8.49 BDT/kWh for first year and 8.04 BDT/kWh for the
following years
• supply of electricity to the national grid e.g. BDT. 74281.5 million revenue per year will be the
direct benefit of this project.
 Stakeholder or public consultation and outcomes

A series of effective methods:

• Public Consultation Meeting,

• Keg Informants Interviews,
• Interviews were applied during stakeholder consultation to harness the
stakeholder’s opinions,
• comments and suggestion towards the proposed project.

The stakeholders consulted were from three tiers:

• Local people,
• Local Government Authorities and
• Government Departments.
Agreement

 In August 2010, this project was signed between Bangladesh Power Development
Board (BPDB) and India’s state owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
 On January 29 2012, the BPDB signed an agreement with NTPC to build the plant
agreed to implement the project by 2016.
 The BPDB and the NTPC agreed to implement the project on a 50:50 equity basis.
 The NTPC will set up and operate the plant.
Progress and Opportunity Sectors
• EXIM Bank Extends a term loan of USD 1.60 Billion to the Bangladesh India
Friendship Power Company Pvt. Ltd. BIFPCL (Apr 11 2017)
• Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd. signed EPC contract (Jul 18 2016)
• Report on financial risks of Rampal project (Jun 22 2016)
• Global call on Exim Bank of India to stop finance plans for Rampal (May 9 2016)
• BHEL started work before signing EPC contract (Apr 26 2016)
• UNESCO report may not be accurate (Apr 3 2016)
• Fourth vessel sinks spreading additional toxic pollutants in Sundarbans rivers (Mar
19 2016)
• Thousands take part in Long March to Save Sundarbans (Mar 15 2016)
• Exim bank to finance Rampal (Mar 10 2016)
• Demand for an UN-led committee to conduct EIA (Feb 14 2016)
• Indian BHEL to operate Rampal (Jan 18 2016)
• Coal vessel capsizes in Passur river (Oct 28 2015)
• Bangladeshi protest intensifies against Rampal coal plant (Oct 23 2015)
• Three bidders for Rampal (Sep 23 2015)
• French banks say no to Rampal (Jun 25 2015)
• Narendra Modi endorses Rampal coal plant (Jun 8 2015)
• Sunken vessel spreads fertilizer through Sundarbans ´rivers (May 9 2015)
• Norwegian Pension Fund will not fund Rampal (Mar 16 2015)
• Oil Spill in the Sundarbans (Dec 12 2014)
• UNESCO concern (Jun 18 2014)
• The Long March to Save the Sundarbans (Oct 24 2013)
 Effects of the project
• Environmental
• Ecological
• Geological
• Financial
• International Relationship
• Employment
• Unemployment
 Advantages
1. Coal thermal power plant provide the cheapest electricity worldwide.
2. They form the backbone of grid as they provide stable output and are more reliable than
renewable sources that tend to fluctuate.
3. Coal/lignite/peat is readily available all over the world.
4. The technology for thermal power plant is easily accessible and well established not like 3. Nearly 20% to 30% of coal is rejected as Ash, which is a waste and needs to be dumped.
other sources like nuclear, solar thermal, Geothermal etc.
5. Requires less land per Megawatt with respect to Hydro, Solar, Wind etc.
6. Easy and simple to maintain and operate.
Disadvantages
1. Needs large amount of Coal and Water so has to be placed a large water sources and coal
mine. Else the logistics cost will be too high. A Power plant of 3000MW typically requires
35,000 to 45,000 tons of coal.
2. It is the prime contributor to CO2 emissions all over the world. With the Climate change a
restriction is now placed on all countries in this regard.
Unutilized ash is collected in Ash dykes that form the largest land usage in a typical thermal
power plant. It is also detrimental to environment.
4. Apart from CO2, other harmful gases like NOx and SOx are also generated lead to Acid
Rain. Though with advanced combustion and other techniques these are lowered and also
captured.
5. Some liquid effluents are also discharged as the byproduct of water / chemical treatment
and runoff of various oil / chemicals.
6. Thermal power plant takes a lot of time to start up (generally 4–8 hrs.) and don’t do well in
cycling that is large up and down in power generation and mostly designed for constant
load. Therefore, any fluctuation is power demand can be detrimental to it life cycle.
7. A large quantity of ash is released from the Chimney and the coal dust that lead to a high
particulate matter in the surrounding areas. Though nearly 99% is captured using ESP still
a significant amount escape.
Conclusions
Establishing a clean power plant
involves cost, however it is not
invaluable as the Sundarbans (Forest).
First we have to find out how much
we need to spend for clean generation.
Then we need to calculate whether
these costs are recoverable through
payback period or not.

If we are able to ensure a safe coal

fired power plant to its tolerance level,
only then may we think of it.
Otherwise it will be too dangerous for
us as well as for the world‘s largest
mangrove forest.
T hank yo U