Over 1,600 households install roof-top solar power system in July

The Central Power Corporation (EVNCPC) saw 1,637 customers installing roof-top solar power systems with a combined capacity of 76.729MWp in July.
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Da Nang (VNA) - The Central Power Corporation(EVNCPC) saw 1,637 customers installing roof-top solar power systems with acombined capacity of 76.729MWp in July.

The results pushed the total number of customers installingthose systems in the first seven months of this year to 4,517 with capacity totalling197.95MWp, reaching 99 percent of the target.

So far, the EVNCPC has developed 8,732 roof-top solar powerprojects with 295.7MWp of total capacity transferred to the power grid.

To encourage customers to install roof-top solar powersystems, the corporation directed power firms in the central and CentralHighlands regions to increase communications and make public informationrelated to connection agreement and investment.

At the same time, the firms created optimal conditions forcustomers to access information, while choosing suitable places for theinstallation of the system.

Deputy head of the Communications Department of the EVNCPCHoang Ngoc Thach said that the corporation has also asked its member companiesto speed up the implementation of the projects to upgrade middle-voltage powergrids in 2020.

At the same time, the firm is encouraging investors andsupporting them in developing roof-top solar power projects, thus avoidingoverload at 110kV transformer stations.

Currently, 13 power grid upgrading and investment projects servingroof-top solar power systems are underway at a total costof 145.5 billion VND. They are scheduled to complete in 2020./.
VNA

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