Dighipara power station

Part of the Global Coal Plant Tracker, a Global Energy Monitor project.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Related coal trackers:

Global Coal Mine Tracker Global Coal Terminals Tracker Global Coal Project Finance Tracker

Dighipara power station is a cancelled power station in Nawabganj upazila, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bangladesh.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Dighipara power station	Nawabganj upazila, Dinajpur, Rangpur, Bangladesh	25.416667, 89.083333 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

Loading map...

{"type":"ROADMAP","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":5,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":25.416667,"lon":89.083333,"icon":""}]}

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name	Status	Fuel(s)	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Start year	Retired year
Unit 1	cancelled	coal - bituminous	1000	ultra-supercritical	2032	–

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name	Owner
Unit 1	North-West Power Generation Co Ltd (NWPGCL) [100.0%]

Project-level coal details

• Coal source(s): Dighipara coal mine

Background

In 1995, the Geological Survey of Bangladesh discovered a coal deposit in Dinajpur spanning 24 square kilometres area, which it said had a potential reserve of 865 million tonnes of coal. In 2015, the government leased out the Dighipara deposit to the Barapukuria mining company for development. In September 2016, the coal mining company received proposals for a feasibility study of the mine, which was agreed to in May 2017.

Plans for the Dighipara coal mine included discussion of a mine-mouth coal plant of 660 MW developed by PowerChina in 2016, of a 500 MW coal plant, sponsor unknown, proposed in 2017, and of a 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical plant by North-West Power Generation Company Limited (NWPGCL) starting in 2015.

Based on the Bangladesh Master Plan "Revisited", released in November 2018, the only remaining plan appeared to be the 1,000 MW coal plant by North-West Power Generation, planned for commissioning in 2032.

On November 19, 2020, The Daily Star reported that Bangladesh's power, energy and mineral resources ministry had finalized an energy plan that cancelled all coal plants except five under construction. The Dighipara power station would likely be cancelled as a result, although it was not confirmed.

NWPGCL Annual Reports

The North-West Power Generation Company Limited portal includes various NWPGCL annual reports:

• In the 2015 annual report, the commercial operation date for the 1,000 power station was still listed as June 2022, under "Future Development Plan" (and not under "Current Development Activities");
• In the 2017 annual report, the commercial operation date for the power station was still listed as June 2030, under "Future Development Plan";
• In the 2018 annual report, the commercial operation date for the power station was still listed as June 2025, under "Future Development Plan";
• In the 2019 annual report, the commercial operation date for the power station was still listed as June 2025, under "Future Development Plan";
• In the 2020 annual report, the commercial operation date was listed as June 2028, under "Future Development Plan";
• In the 2021, 2022, and 2023 annual reports, the plant was removed from the future development plans and was no longer referenced.

As of December 2021, there have been no known developments on the proposal, which appears to be shelved or abandoned.

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of coal-fired power stations, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Plant Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.