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ICA joins IFC, others to invest $30m in power plant

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has brought in Japanese agency JICA to invest $30m in Sembcorp North-West Power Company, a joint venture of Sembcorp Utilities and Bangladesh‘s state-owned North-West Power Generation Company, that is building a 414MW dual-fuel combined-cycle power plant at Sirajganj, Bangladesh. The plant will significantly expand power-generation capacity in Bangladesh. JICAs $30 million is part of the total financing package of $ 165 million that includes a loan from IFCs own account as well as additional loans mobilized through partners. The total project cost is estimated at around $412 million. JICAs Senior Vice-President Kenichi Tomiyoshi said, “The project is expected to be one of the