The Son La Hydroelectric Power Plant has won three prizes at the Asian Power Awards 2013, dubbed the “Oscars” of the power industry, held in Bangkok , Thailand , according to the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN).
The plant, based in the northwestern province of Son La , achieved a gold award titled the Fast-Track Power Plant of the Year and two other prizes - Hydro Power Project of the Year and the Power Utility of the Year – Vietnam .
The work was also voted as one of the country’s ten outstanding science and technology events of 2012 by the Vietnam Science and Technology Journalists ’ Club.
In addition to the Son La Hydroelectric Power Plant, Vietnam ’s Mong Duong coal-fired power plant also received two bronze awards in the Coal Power Project of the Year and the Fast-Track Power Plant of the Year categories.
This year’s awards attracted the participation of 34 Asian power utilities during which 22 prizes were presented.
The 2013 Asian Power Awards, held every year since 2005, aims to honour the region’s leading power companies for exceptional initiatives and projects in the power sector.
With a total investment of 60 trillion VND (approximately 2.85 billion USD), the Son La Hydroelectric Power Plant was officially put into operation on December 23, 2012, after seven years of construction, three years earlier than scheduled.
It has six turbines with a total capacity of 2,600 MW and will provide the national grid with over 10 billion kWh of electricity each year.-VNA
The plant, based in the northwestern province of Son La , achieved a gold award titled the Fast-Track Power Plant of the Year and two other prizes - Hydro Power Project of the Year and the Power Utility of the Year – Vietnam .
The work was also voted as one of the country’s ten outstanding science and technology events of 2012 by the Vietnam Science and Technology Journalists ’ Club.
In addition to the Son La Hydroelectric Power Plant, Vietnam ’s Mong Duong coal-fired power plant also received two bronze awards in the Coal Power Project of the Year and the Fast-Track Power Plant of the Year categories.
This year’s awards attracted the participation of 34 Asian power utilities during which 22 prizes were presented.
The 2013 Asian Power Awards, held every year since 2005, aims to honour the region’s leading power companies for exceptional initiatives and projects in the power sector.
With a total investment of 60 trillion VND (approximately 2.85 billion USD), the Son La Hydroelectric Power Plant was officially put into operation on December 23, 2012, after seven years of construction, three years earlier than scheduled.
It has six turbines with a total capacity of 2,600 MW and will provide the national grid with over 10 billion kWh of electricity each year.-VNA
