Raj Lanka Power Company Limited (RLPCL) is a public limited company set up by a consortium of sponsors, namely Lakdhanavi Limited of Sri Lanka, Lanka Energy International (Private) Limited of Sri Lanka, and A&A Fashion Sweaters Limited of Bangladesh, to build, own and operate 52.2 MW Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) fired power plant at Natore, Rajshahi, Bangladesh to supply electricity to the national grid of Bangladesh under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for a period of 15 years.
Lakdhanavi Limited was prequalified in an international procurement process floated by BPDB in 2010 to invest in 50MW HFO based independent Power Producer (IPP) project in Rajshahi. In the tender held in October 2011, Lakdhanavi’s bid was accepted. A PPA was signed on 16 January, 2013, and an Implementation Agreement was signed in 27 November, 2011. RLPCL is one of the first IPP’s in Bangladesh to secure a 15 year Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) with Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) on 6 September, 2012.
Nature of Business
RLPCL operates the HFO fired power plant at Natore having installed capacity of 53.54 MW and supplies the electricity
generated at the power plant to BPDB through the national electricity transmission lines.
Operations
The electricity produced at the power plant is supplied to BPDB as per the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed with BPDB on 16 January, 2013 for 15 years.
The power plant is set up on 4.159acres of land at Natore. Power Plant engines were bought from Wärtsilä, Finland. The plant has six HFO fired engines with the capacity of 8.9 MW each for the generation of electricity. The plant receives HFO supply from BPC. The plant started to generate electricity from 24 January, 2014.
Distribution
RLPCL has signed a 15 years PPA having exclusive right of refusal with BPDB for uninterrupted supply of electricity through National Transmission
Grid under Private Sector Power Generation Policy of Bangladesh. The Company’s power plants maintain interconnection lines and sub-station
equipment with the national transmission grid through which it supplies electricity.
Sources of and Requirement for Power, HFO and Water
Power
The operational power requirement of the power plant is met from its own generation.
HFO
The power plant requires Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) for generation of electricity. The Company imports HFO from Singapore as well as BPC facilitates the necessary HFO supply through three oil marketing subsidiaries. Summary of the company’s Fuel Supply Agreement (FSA) is appended below-
| Summary of Agreement between RLPCL and BPC | |
| Signing date | 6thSeptember 2012 for RLPCL. |
| Tenure | Valid for 15 years. |
Water
RLPCL extracts water from underground water level to meet up its water needs through its own water pump.
Suppliers
Equipment
Major equipment suppliers of the Power Plant are appended below-
| Equipment | Manufacturer/Model/Type | Country of Origin |
| Reciprocating Engine | Wärtsilä | Finland |
| Generator | AVK | Germany |
| Generator Circuit Breakers | ABB | Poland |
| Control System | Wärtsilä | Finland |
| Generator Step-up Transformer | JSHP | China |
Lubricant Oil
Lubricant oils are procured from Mobil Jamuna Lubricants Bangladesh Limited on need basis.