Adani Group commissions India’s first transnational power project at Godda.

In a first, the Adani Group recently announced the commissioning of India’s first transnational project at Godda in Jharkhand to supply power to the Bangladesh electricity grid.

Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani called on Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka recently following the full load commencement of power supply to Bangladesh from the Group’s Ultra Super-Critical Thermal Power Plant in Godda, India.

The Godda USCTPP, marks the Adani Group’s entry into transnational power projects. Adani Power Jharkhand Ltd. (APJL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Power Ltd, will supply 100 per cent of the generated electricity from the plant to another nation.

The company informed that it successfully completed the dependable capacity test for the Godda plant on July 12 - a mandatory requirement under the power purchase agreement (PPA) with Bangladesh Power Development Board, executed in November 2017 for a period of 25 years.

On 6 April, the first unit of 800 MW capacity of the Godda plant began commercial operations followed by the second unit of 800 MW capacity on June 26. APJL will supply 1,496 MW from the Godda USCTPP under the PPA via a 400 kV dedicated transmission system connected to the Bangladesh grid.

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