Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered greater attention to the operation and regulation of the water levels at hydropower reservoirs in northern localities to ensure safety of the dyke systems and minimise damage due to floods in downstream areas.
Since the end of June, the water levels in hydropower reservoirs have been rising and technical problems of a number of thermopower turbines solved, ensuring a basically sufficient power supply in the north, said Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai.
The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the Vietnam Electricity (EVN), and experts shared the view that power supply will be basically guaranteed this year, but the challenge is that demand is forecast to surge amid the post-pandemic economic recovery.
Vietnam could face an electricity shortage of 6.6 billion kWh in 2021 and 11.8 billion kWh in 2022. The shortage could increase to 15 billion kWh in 2023, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT).
The Power Generation Corporation 1 (GENCO 1) under the State-owned Vietnam Electricity produced over 26.65 billion kWh over the last 10 months, representing 77.5 percent of this year’s target and a year-on-year rise of 12.3 percent.
The south central province of Phu Yen has asked the MiOT to approve adding three solar power projects to the Provincial Power Development Planning in 2011-2015 period, with a vision to 2020.
The Generation Corporation 1 (GENCO 1) of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) produced more than 9 billion kWh of hydropower in the first 11 months of 2017, 40 percent higher than this year’s target.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said its total electricity output in January-November increased by 8.16 percent year on year to reach 181.35 billion kWh.
Downpours triggered by the tropical low pressure system over the past two days have caused serious damage to houses and roads and threatened to overflow reservoirs across the north central region.
The south central province of Phu Yen has announced 14 sites that it deems to have great potential for solar energy plants in order to call for investors.
A large number of high-quality personnel will be needed to meet the growing demand of the competitive generation market and the competitive wholesale electricity market in the time ahead.
As of October 17, more than 100,000 houses and a huge areas of crop were submerged due to widespread flood hitting central provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh and Quang Tri.
