SASEC Second Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project
This project aims to help Bangladesh increase the import of electricity from India to meet increasing power demand, by upgrading the power transmission capacity of the existing grid interconnection between Bangladesh and India from 500 megawatts (MW) to 1,000 MW. The power grid of western Bangladesh at Bheramara and the power grid of eastern India at Baharampur were first successfully interconnected in 2013 through the first Bangladesh India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project, financed by ADB.
| PROJECT DETAILS | ||
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Commitment Date Funding Type Country Sector Status Total Cost |
19 Nov 2015 Loan Bangladesh Energy Closed $183.22 million | |
| KEY OUTPUTS |
Installation of an additional asynchronous 4-kilovolt (kV)/230 kV MW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back substation in Bheramara Construction of 12 kilometers of 230 kV transmission line from the Bheramara substation to the Ishurdi substation and associated facilities Improved capacity of the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh. |
| FINANCING |
$35 million (Asian Development Bank) $85 million (Asian Development Fund) $63.22 million (Government of Bangladesh) |
Contact the SASEC Secretariat at:
sasec@adb.org