SASEC Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project: Additional Financing
This additional financing will cover cost overruns from a funding gap in the SASEC Bangladesh-India Electrical Grid Interconnection Project, approved in 2010. The project contributes to efforts to establish cross-border interconnection between the western electrical grid of Bangladesh and the eastern electrical grid of India, and facilitates the exchange of electricity between the two countries.
| PROJECT DETAILS | ||
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Commitment Date Funding Type Country Sector Status Total Cost |
23 Oct 2013 Loan Bangladesh Energy Closed $40.40 million | |
| KEY OUTPUTS |
27 kilometers of 400 kV double-circuit transmission line in Bangladesh constructed 500 MW back-to-back HVDC substation (400kV/230kV) at Bheramara constructed 4 km 230 kV double-circuit loop-in loop-out and 230kV switching station at Bheramara to link to the transmission network in Bangladesh constructed |
| FINANCING |
$12 million (Asian Development Bank) $28.4 million (Government of Bangladesh) |
Contact the SASEC Secretariat at:
sasec@adb.org