The National Power Transmission Corporation (NPT) energized successfully a 2000A-series capacitor at the 500 kV Ha Tinh substation on September 4.

To increase transmission capacity for 500kV Da Nang-Ha Tinh section, four 2000A-series capacitors will be installed at Ha Tinh, Vung Ang and Da Nang substations.

The upgrade transmission capacity project is worth of over 397 billion VND (18.6 million USD) and carried out by the Power Transmission No. 2, with equipment supplied by General Electric.

Vietnam Electricity has been implementing a number of projects to increase the transmission capacity of North-South 500kV power line.-VNA