US Ambassador in Bangladesh Peter Haas said his country will continue to uphold top position as foreign investor in Bangladesh.

He said the USA is No 1 in foreign investment in Bangladesh and it will continue with the apex position in the days to come.

The US envoy made the statement while visiting 584MW Unique Meghnaghat Power Limited (UMPL) on Wednesday.

Goseph Giblin, Chief of the Economic Unit at the US Embassy in Dhaka, Chowdhury Nafiz Sharafat, Managing Director of UMPL, Md Noor Ali, Chairman of the company, and Mohammad Zahiruddin Molla, CEO, among others, were present.

Peter Haas reached the power plant by a helicopter and was received by Chowdhury Nafiz Sharafat with a bouquet of flowers.

Unique Meghnaghat Power was established for the construction and operation of a 584-MW gas-based combined cycle power plant in Narayanganj on a build-own-operate basis for 22 years.

Unique Meghnaghat Power is a special-purpose vehicle incorporated in September 2018 in Bangladesh that will generate power in September-October this year, he said.
The power generation company has appointed one of the most renowned contractors, General Electric (GE), as its engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor.

Reputable consultants like Tractebel from Belgium as owner’s engineer; AECOM from India as environmental consultant; and Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) as financial adviser have also been appointed, according to the company website.

The power plant will be run by natural gas or re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) and be based on combined-cycle technology. The plant will comprise GE’s latest H-class gas turbine, the GE 9HA.01 model, a heat recovery steam generator, and a steam turbine.

BDST: 1659 HRS, MAR 15, 2023
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