Bangladesh: High construction cost to double power generation cost

DHAKA, 18 July 2022, (TON): The cost of per kilowatt power production from Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh will be 9.36 cents compared to 5.34 cents from a similar plant in Tamil Nadu’s Kudankulam, India.

The high construction cost of Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant is said to be the reason behind the excessive cost of would-be power production.   

According to a research released by Springer-Verlag GmbH, Germany “in Bangladeshi currency, the production cost of per unit electricity from two reactors of the RNPP will be Tk 7.94 while their establishment costs are $12.65 billion.”

In Indian currency, the production cost of power from Kudankulam 3 and 4 plants will be Rupee 3.93 since their construction costs are about $5.38 billion.

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