Power supply from Adani Unit-2 resumes
The Unit-2 was successfully synchronised with the national grid at 7:47pm today, according to the Bangladesh Power Development Board.
Power supply from Unit-2 of Adani Power Plant in India's Jharkhand resumed today (27 April) after days of shutdown following a technical fault in the boiler system.
The Unit-2 went offline on 22 April at 1am and was successfully synchronised with the national grid at 7:47pm today, Md Zahurul Islam, member (production) of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) told The Business Standard.
By 9pm, power supply from both units of this power plant recorded 921 MW, he added.
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BPDB officials noted that it typically takes four to five hours for a coal-fired power plant to return to full generation capacity after restarting.
Zahurul said efforts are underway to ramp up output, expressing hope that supply could reach around 1,500MW by midnight if thermal conditions remain stable.
Data from Power Grid Bangladesh PLC, which monitors power demand, generation and load-shedding, showed supply from the Adani plant gradually increasing through the evening, rising from 644MW at 6pm to 721MW at 7pm and 783MW at 8pm.
Earlier, BPDB said that a bearing issue linked to the boiler's air preheater forced the shutdown of Unit-2 on 22 April to avert further damage.
The disruption reduced power supply from the plant to around 764MW from nearly 1,500MW against its total capacity of 1,600MW.
However, officials had initially indicated that Unit-1 was affected by the boiler issue. BPDB later clarified that the technical fault occurred in Unit-2 not Unit-1.
Explaining the shutdown, BPDB Chairman Md Rezaul Karim earlier said that rising vibration in the air preheater bearing prompted the authorities to take the unit offline as a precautionary measure to prevent more severe damage.
