Reliance, Jera Achieve Financial Closure for Bangladesh CCGT
Mar 5, 2021 3:09:am
Summary The project is to build, own and operate a 750-MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant at Meghnaghat near Dhaka.
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Reliance, Jera Achieve Financial Closure for Bangladesh CCGT
India’s Reliance Power and Japan’s Jera have achieved financial closure for their proposed gas-fired power generation project in Bangladesh, the Indian company said on March 4.
The Reliance-Jera joint venture has achieved financial closure for the project with a group of lenders that includes Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Asian Development Bank and all requisite conditions for availing drawdown under the loan agreements have been satisfied, the company said.
Reliance Power, JERA achieve financial closure for project in Bangladesh ANI | Updated: Mar 04, 2021 17:21 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 4 (ANI): Reliance Power and JERA Co Inc, which are developing a new gas-fired power generation project in Bangladesh, have achieved financial closure with a group of lenders that includes Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Asian Development Bank.
All requisite conditions for availing drawdown under the loan agreements have been satisfied, the Anil Ambani-controlled company said in a statement on Thursday.
The project is to build, own and operate a 745 megawatt natural gas combined-cycle power project at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj, about 40 km southeast of Dhaka.
Reliance Power forms JV with Jera for 745 MW project in Bangladesh
March 04, 2021
To repay ₹3,000-crore debt by this month-end
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power has formed a joint venture with Japan-headquartered Jera Co. Inc to develop a new gas-fired power generation project in Bangladesh.
The company has achieved financial closure for the project with a group of lenders including Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Asian Development Bank and all requisite conditions for availing drawdown under the loan agreements have been achieved, said Reliance Power in a statement on Thursday.
The project is to build, own, and operate a 745-MW (net output: 718 MW) natural gas combined-cycle power project in Meghnaghat near Dhaka.
Reliance Power-JERA JV achieves financial closure for 745 megawatts-Bangladesh unit
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In 2019, Reliance Power announced a debt-restructuring deal with US Exim Bank for its Samalkot project in Andhra Pradesh, which was rendered defunct due to lack of gas supply to it. The company decided to relocate the equipment from the project to Bangladesh and subsequently, inducted the Japanese utility as a partner for developing the 750 mw-gas based combined cycle power project.
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Anil Ambani-led
Reliance Power said Thursday that the company, along with partner JERA of Japan, has achieved financial closure for its 745 megawatts (mw) Bangladesh unit by tying up funds with a group of lenders that includes Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and Asian Development Bank (ADB).