Funding urged for project linking Con Dao with national grid
The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has urged the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to promptly allocate funding to a project to connect Con Dao island of the province with the national grid, with nearly 2.53 trillion VND (110.88 million USD) to be channeled from the State budget in the 2021-25 period.
Electricity workers examine power transmission lines (Illustrative photo: thanhnien.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) - The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has urged the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) to promptly allocate funding to a project to connect Con Dao island of the province with the national grid, with nearly 2.53 trillion VND (110.88 million USD) to be channeled from the State budget in the 2021-25 period.
The total investment needed by the project is estimated at 4.8 trillion VND.
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Electricity demand on Con Dao, which is an increasingly popular tourist destination, has been on the rise.
Solar, wind, and gas-fired power generation on the island is neither stable nor profitable enough for investors, an🐠d solar or wind enღergy can only serve as supplementary power sources, according to experts./.
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Electricity workers examine power transmission lines (Illustrative photo: thanhnien.vn) 
