Major power projects go on line
A major transmission line and
transformer station costing 81 million USD have finally come on line to
improve connection between the southwest power system and the national
grid.
A major transmission line and
transformer station costing 81 million USD have finally come on line to
improve connection between the southwest power system and the national
grid.
The O Mon 500kV transformer station with the capacity of 450MVA and the 500kV power transmission line between Nha Be and O Mon were launched in Can Tho on April 14.
Their other task is to transmit the electricity produced by Ca Mau and O Mon thermoelectric power plants, with capacities of 1,500MW and 660MW, respectively, into the national grid.
The power transmission line passes through HCM City and five localities in the Mekong Delta, including Can Tho, Long An, Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Dong Thap.
Southern electrical project management board director Nguyen Tien Hai said that within five years, the O Mon transformer station capacity would be doubled and the total electricity through O Mon – Nha Be from now until 2020 would be about 45.3 billion kWh.
On the same day, the National Power Transmission Company successfully kicked off the 220kV transmission line between Hai Phong and Dinh Vu, which would transmit electricity from the 300MW Hai Phong thermoelectric power plant into the national grid to enhance its reliability, particularly in the northeast.
The company said the new projects would help reduce electricity shortages over the dry season. The Ministry of Industry and Trade said electricity shortages were caused by increased demand and considerable delays in completing electricity projects due to funding delays, lack of technical expertise and prolonged site clearance.
The Electricty of Vietnam has said it will have difficulty in meeting the power demand this month and during the rest of the dry season in the north which has just begun. A long and severe drought across the country has depleted water in hydropower reservoirs and the onset of the dry season is only expected to worsen the situation.
As a result, the EVN will have to reduce power generation to ensure water in reservoirs does not go down below a certain level before the flood season, adversely affecting generating equipment.
This will be equivalent to 2-5 percent of its output, or 50-130 million kWh./.
The O Mon 500kV transformer station with the capacity of 450MVA and the 500kV power transmission line between Nha Be and O Mon were launched in Can Tho on April 14.
Their other task is to transmit the electricity produced by Ca Mau and O Mon thermoelectric power plants, with capacities of 1,500MW and 660MW, respectively, into the national grid.
The power transmission line passes through HCM City and five localities in the Mekong Delta, including Can Tho, Long An, Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Dong Thap.
Southern electrical project management board director Nguyen Tien Hai said that within five years, the O Mon transformer station capacity would be doubled and the total electricity through O Mon – Nha Be from now until 2020 would be about 45.3 billion kWh.
On the same day, the National Power Transmission Company successfully kicked off the 220kV transmission line between Hai Phong and Dinh Vu, which would transmit electricity from the 300MW Hai Phong thermoelectric power plant into the national grid to enhance its reliability, particularly in the northeast.
The company said the new projects would help reduce electricity shortages over the dry season. The Ministry of Industry and Trade said electricity shortages were caused by increased demand and considerable delays in completing electricity projects due to funding delays, lack of technical expertise and prolonged site clearance.
The Electricty of Vietnam has said it will have difficulty in meeting the power demand this month and during the rest of the dry season in the north which has just begun. A long and severe drought across the country has depleted water in hydropower reservoirs and the onset of the dry season is only expected to worsen the situation.
As a result, the EVN will have to reduce power generation to ensure water in reservoirs does not go down below a certain level before the flood season, adversely affecting generating equipment.
This will be equivalent to 2-5 percent of its output, or 50-130 million kWh./.
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