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Dhaka, Sept 16: Bangladesh is working to supply the first 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity from the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant to the national grid by next month, Russian Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexander Khozin said on Wednesday.
He made the remarks during a courtesy meeting with FBCCI Administrator Md Fazlul Hoque at the federation’s office in Gulshan, Dhaka.
Khozin said around 4,000 Russian specialists and engineers are working to resolve technical issues at the project as quickly as possible.
The ambassador’s latest target comes after earlier plans to start supplying around 300MW from the plant were delayed by technical problems, including issues with safety valves in the first unit.
The first unit of the Rooppur plant has a generation capacity of 1,200MW, while the two-unit project has a total capacity of 2,400MW. Fuel loading in Unit 1 began on April 28, 2026, marking the start of the commissioning and physical start-up process.
The meeting also discussed strengthening trade and investment ties between Bangladesh and Russia. Khozin said there was interest in establishing a Russia-Bangladesh Business Council and organising a business forum in Moscow to facilitate direct contacts and B2B meetings between entrepreneurs of the two countries.