GE Power yesterday announced that it has been selected by Unique Group to develop a 600 megawatt (MW) natural gas based combined cycle power plant at Meghnaghat.

GE will be developing the project on a turnkey basis, providing a gas turbine, a heat recovery steam generator, a steam turbine generator, condenser and associated systems. The order value is approximately $350 million.

Unique Meghnaghat Power Limited will be executing the project. The plant is expected to start commercial operations by 2021, producing power which can be supplied to about 700,000 homes in the region, GE Power said in a statement yesterday.