The Mong Duong II thermoelectric power plant, located in the centralprovince of Quang Ngai, will be the first of its kind usingmade-in-Vietnam coal-fired boilers in power generation.
The boilers, which are considered as the heart of a thermal powerplant, were designed and manufactured by the RoK-invested Doosan HeavyIndustries Co. Ltd, Doosan Vina.
The VietnameseGovernment is concentrating on developing the boiler manufacturingindustry to gradually end the country’s dependence on imports whenbuilding thermal power plants. It also aims to turn Vietnam into ahi-tech boiler producer and exporter in the world.
According toDale Gerstenslagr, Communications Director of Doosan Vina, theEngineering-Procurement-Construction (EPC) contractor of the project, 25percent of the plant’s workload have completed.
The firstturbine of the 1.3 billion USD plant is expected to start generatingelectricity in December 2014 and the second one, June 2015.
Mong Duong II will add 1,200 MW of electricity to the national grid.
The project is implemented under a Business-Operate-Transfer (BOT)agreement signed between Doosan Vina and US-based AES-VCM Group withVietnam in April 2010.-VNA