Authorities of the southern province of Kien Giang are speedingup efforts to connect the island districts of Phu Quoc and Kien Hai withthe national power grid to fuel local development under the nationalstrategy on sea and island economic development by 2020.
The two island districts, part of the UNESCO-recognised Kien GiangBiosphere Reserve, boast a great potential in ecotourism. In particular,Phu Quoc island, dubbed a “tourism paradise” in the south-westernregion, is in need of stable power supply for a new period ofdevelopment after the inauguration of the Phu Quoc International Airportin December last year.
According to the Ministryof Industry and Trade, the Prime Minister himself has instructedspeeding up a 110 KV undersea cable project from inshore Ha Tien communeto Phu Quoc island.
With a total investment ofabout 2.4 trillion VND (114 million USD), construction of the 55.8 kmcable line with a designed transmission capacity of 131 MVA is expectedto start in early 2014 so that the line can become operational in 2015.Currently, the Prysmian Powerlink SRL of Italy, the project’s EPCcontractor, is producing cable for the project.
Inanother move, Kien Giang province has asked the Ministry of Industry andTrade to consider and propose to the Prime Minister the construction ofa power plant fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Phu Quocinvested by the Vietnam National Petroleum Group.
The plant, is expected to replace an earlier plan to build a 200 MWthermo electricity station which is scheduled to begin in 2015.
Currently, pre-feasibility research for the LNG-fuelled power planthas completed, under which it will be built in the form of BOT in twophases: from now until 2020 and from 2020 to 2030.
To bring electricity to Kien Hai island district, the province has hiredthe Power Engineering Consulting Company No.2 to devise a plan onbuilding a sea-crossing overhead transmission line to bring power to HonTre island commune- the district’s administrative centre. The 13km-long line will be built in 2014 and 2015 at a cost of 60 billion VND(2.8 million USD).
Another commune in Kien Hai, LaiSon island, will have power supply from a solar power plant invested bythe Hanoi-based Europe Distribution Joint Stock Company. Depending onthe success of this plant, the model may be replicated in An Son and NamDu island communes.-VNA
The two island districts, part of the UNESCO-recognised Kien GiangBiosphere Reserve, boast a great potential in ecotourism. In particular,Phu Quoc island, dubbed a “tourism paradise” in the south-westernregion, is in need of stable power supply for a new period ofdevelopment after the inauguration of the Phu Quoc International Airportin December last year.
According to the Ministryof Industry and Trade, the Prime Minister himself has instructedspeeding up a 110 KV undersea cable project from inshore Ha Tien communeto Phu Quoc island.
With a total investment ofabout 2.4 trillion VND (114 million USD), construction of the 55.8 kmcable line with a designed transmission capacity of 131 MVA is expectedto start in early 2014 so that the line can become operational in 2015.Currently, the Prysmian Powerlink SRL of Italy, the project’s EPCcontractor, is producing cable for the project.
Inanother move, Kien Giang province has asked the Ministry of Industry andTrade to consider and propose to the Prime Minister the construction ofa power plant fuelled by liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Phu Quocinvested by the Vietnam National Petroleum Group.
The plant, is expected to replace an earlier plan to build a 200 MWthermo electricity station which is scheduled to begin in 2015.
Currently, pre-feasibility research for the LNG-fuelled power planthas completed, under which it will be built in the form of BOT in twophases: from now until 2020 and from 2020 to 2030.
To bring electricity to Kien Hai island district, the province has hiredthe Power Engineering Consulting Company No.2 to devise a plan onbuilding a sea-crossing overhead transmission line to bring power to HonTre island commune- the district’s administrative centre. The 13km-long line will be built in 2014 and 2015 at a cost of 60 billion VND(2.8 million USD).
Another commune in Kien Hai, LaiSon island, will have power supply from a solar power plant invested bythe Hanoi-based Europe Distribution Joint Stock Company. Depending onthe success of this plant, the model may be replicated in An Son and NamDu island communes.-VNA
