Adani unit resumes power supply, but recovery offset as Rampal generation halves

National power supply is expected to remain tight after a technical fault forced a unit of the 1,320MW Rampal coal-fired power plant offline yesterday, offsetting generation gains made from the recovery of Adani Power’s Godda plant.

The Rampal plant, which had been generating over 1,100MW, saw its output drop below 600MW following the shutdown of one of its units around 11:30am, according to sources at the Bangladesh Power Development Board and the Power Grid Company of Bangladesh.

Officials said efforts were underway to restore the affected unit at the Rampal facility, a joint venture between Bangladesh and India.

The plant had previously experienced production cuts due to coal shortages and transportation disruptions caused by storms, though generation had recovered recently following improvements in fuel supply.

The setback at Rampal occurred on the same day that Unit-2 of Adani Power Jharkhand’s 1,600MW Godda Thermal Power Plant synchronised with Bangladesh’s national grid at 12:04pm, three days after a technical issue in its feed unit forced it offline. The

BSS reports that the quantum was increased to 1,450MW at 6pm.

Adani’s supply to Bangladesh rose from 758MW at 9am to 1,046MW by 2pm, with Unit-1 contributing 756.66MW and Unit-2 adding 290MW as ramp-up continued.

The Godda plant, which consists of two 800MW units with a combined actual capacity of around 1,496MW, had previously delivered output crossing 1,400MW prior to the shutdown of Unit-2.