Rooppur Powers Up

Voltage of 400 kV has been supplied from the Bogra substation for the power supply system of the Rooppur NPP under construction in Bangladesh. Testing all the elements of the KRUE-400 kV equipment as well as technical equipment and protection of the electrical unit, was successful. Construction of the entire technological and electrical is being carried out by specialists of Russia’s ESKM Corporation. The next stage of the construction of the Rooppur units and the supporting electricity system is the supply of voltage KRUE-230 kV to the plant’s transformers and equipment, which in preparation for plant operation.

The Rooppur plant is being built by Rosatom on the eastern bank of the Ganges River in Bangladesh’s Pabna district, about 160 km northwest of Dhaka. It will comprise two VVER-1200 reactors. In November 2011, Russia and Bangladesh signed an inter-governmental agreement on cooperation in the construction of the NPP and in mid-December 2015, a general contract was signed. Construction began in 2021. Construction of the unit 1 began in November 2017 and unit 2 in July 2018. The plant’s design life is 60 years with the possibility of extending its operating life for another 20 years. Fresh fuel for the units was delivered to the site in the latter part of 2023.