Vietnam Electricity (EVN) plans to produce and buy 140.5 billion kWhthis year, a 9.9 percent increase on 2013, to meet the increased demandduring the coming dry season in the north and to provide sufficientpower for the south, the Vietnam Economic News reported on March 18.
EVNsaid that the power industry would produce 391 million kWh per day thisMarch and would make the most of hydropower plants, coal-fueledthermopower plants and gas turbines to ensure sufficient power duringthe dry season.
EVN General Director Pham Le Thanh told the paperthat the EVN produced 9.455 billion kWh this February and a record384.4 million per day during the month to meet demand for power forsocio-economic development and domestic use. Power production amountedto 19.79 billion kWh in the first two months of the year, a 5.5 percentincrease from the same period last year.
EVN said that majorpower resource projects kept up with the schedule. In the first twomonths of the year EVN inaugurated Turbine 1 of the 622MW Vinh Tan 2Thermopower Plant and Turbine 2 of the 300MW Hai Phong 2 ThermopowerPlant.
It also began work on the 600MW Thai Binh ThermopowerPlant and the Vinh Tan 4 Thermopower Plant on March 9. Vinh Tan 4 isexpected to contribute to providing sufficient power in the south in aneconomical manner, reducing power transmission from the north to thesouth, reducing power loss and increasing safety, stability and economyof the power system. These major projects could provide stable power inthe next two to three years.
The national power system has atotal design capacity of 26,700MW, of which 20,400MW could be producedcompared with the need of 18,600MW. The industry would produce anadditional 4,466MW this year.
EVN Southern Power Company (SPC)Deputy General Director Pham Ngoc Le said that EVN SPC set a goal toproduce 44,120 million kWh of commercial power and save 882 million kWhthis year. It would also try to ensure sufficient power for the southduring the dry season.
According to the EVN General Director, EVNhad put into operation several hydropower plants so as to not reducepower supply in the south during the dry season.
This FebruaryEVN also began operation of Turbines 1 and 2 of the Song Giang 2Hydropower Plant, Turbine 2 of the Dakdrinh Hydropower Plant andTurbines 1 and 2 of the Dong Nai 2 Hydropower Plant, which have acombined capacity of almost 170MW.
It accelerated the pace ofconstruction of the 500kV Cau Bong Transformation Station, 220kV CauBong-Cu Chi Transmission Line and 220kV Cu Chi Transformation Station inpreparation for launching the 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau BongTransmission Line at the end of this coming April and before the demandincreases to peak levels in June-July in the south.
The new500kV transmission line is expected to increase flexibility of the powersupply system, reduce power loss by 1-2 percent, or 1.3-2 billion kWhper year, and reduce the pressure for the southern power system duringthe dry season.
Pham Le Thanh believed that putting new turbinesinto action and building new power projects this year could increasepower supply and reduce black-out in the south during the dry season.-VNA
EVNsaid that the power industry would produce 391 million kWh per day thisMarch and would make the most of hydropower plants, coal-fueledthermopower plants and gas turbines to ensure sufficient power duringthe dry season.
EVN General Director Pham Le Thanh told the paperthat the EVN produced 9.455 billion kWh this February and a record384.4 million per day during the month to meet demand for power forsocio-economic development and domestic use. Power production amountedto 19.79 billion kWh in the first two months of the year, a 5.5 percentincrease from the same period last year.
EVN said that majorpower resource projects kept up with the schedule. In the first twomonths of the year EVN inaugurated Turbine 1 of the 622MW Vinh Tan 2Thermopower Plant and Turbine 2 of the 300MW Hai Phong 2 ThermopowerPlant.
It also began work on the 600MW Thai Binh ThermopowerPlant and the Vinh Tan 4 Thermopower Plant on March 9. Vinh Tan 4 isexpected to contribute to providing sufficient power in the south in aneconomical manner, reducing power transmission from the north to thesouth, reducing power loss and increasing safety, stability and economyof the power system. These major projects could provide stable power inthe next two to three years.
The national power system has atotal design capacity of 26,700MW, of which 20,400MW could be producedcompared with the need of 18,600MW. The industry would produce anadditional 4,466MW this year.
EVN Southern Power Company (SPC)Deputy General Director Pham Ngoc Le said that EVN SPC set a goal toproduce 44,120 million kWh of commercial power and save 882 million kWhthis year. It would also try to ensure sufficient power for the southduring the dry season.
According to the EVN General Director, EVNhad put into operation several hydropower plants so as to not reducepower supply in the south during the dry season.
This FebruaryEVN also began operation of Turbines 1 and 2 of the Song Giang 2Hydropower Plant, Turbine 2 of the Dakdrinh Hydropower Plant andTurbines 1 and 2 of the Dong Nai 2 Hydropower Plant, which have acombined capacity of almost 170MW.
It accelerated the pace ofconstruction of the 500kV Cau Bong Transformation Station, 220kV CauBong-Cu Chi Transmission Line and 220kV Cu Chi Transformation Station inpreparation for launching the 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau BongTransmission Line at the end of this coming April and before the demandincreases to peak levels in June-July in the south.
The new500kV transmission line is expected to increase flexibility of the powersupply system, reduce power loss by 1-2 percent, or 1.3-2 billion kWhper year, and reduce the pressure for the southern power system duringthe dry season.
Pham Le Thanh believed that putting new turbinesinto action and building new power projects this year could increasepower supply and reduce black-out in the south during the dry season.-VNA
