JENBACH, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new 93-megawatt, independent power plant will feature GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engines to provide needed power to thousands of homes in Bangladesh as part of major rural electrification initiative.The project is one of the latest to be developed by independent power producers (IPPs) that are rapidly building new power plants— with government support — to improve electricity supplies in rural areas of Bangladesh that do not have reliable transmission grids.
Shahjibazar Power Co. Ltd., an independent power producer (IPP), recently ordered 32 of GE’s natural gas-fueled J620 GS Jenbacher engines, which will be installed at a site located about 180 kilometers north of Dhaka, the nation’s capital. This marks GE Energy’s largest order for Jenbacher gas engines.
IPP projects in Bangladesh, including Shahjibazar Power Co.'s new initiative, require government approval since they are also sponsored by the World Bank, underscoring the importance of these distributed energy projects to the nation’s economic growth.
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