Ensuring stable supply of electricity for businesses in major industrial parks is an important task for the power sector and particularly the National Power Transmission Corporation of the Electricity of Vietnam (EVNNPT) to attract more foreign investors in Vietnam.
About 4,100 households in the northern mountainous province of Son La will gain access to power before the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet), according to the Son La Power Company.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group and its subordinate firms cut down production and business costs by more than 1.25 trillion VND (55.2 million USD) in 2017.
The Southern Power Corporation (SPC) of the Electricity of Vietnam has said it will supply up to 66.154 billion kWh of electricity for commercial use in 2018, or a 9.74 percent increase from 2017.
The Danish Embassy in Hanoi, in collaboration with Danish wind turbine company Vestas, held a seminar in Hanoi on December 7 to consider the potential of developing wind energy in Vietnam.
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN)’s Northern Power Corporation (EVNNPC) has reported that total commercial power it produced in October reached more than 5 billion kWh, up 11.45 percent over the same period last year.
The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has finished fixing the middle- and low-voltage power transmission lines and resume power supply for some central provinces hit by Typhoon Doksuri, including Dong Hoi city of Quang Binh, and downtowns of Nghe An and Ha Tinh.
All sources of funding, including state and local government budgets and the public, should be mobilised to maintain power supply for new-style rural areas, according to the Electricity of Vietnam’s Southern Power Corporation (EVN SPC).
The Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) said it has continued investing in power projects in rural and remote areas and islands, especially localities with a low rate of rural households gaining access to electricity.
The central city of Da Nang has exerted efforts to ensure stable power supply for the socio-economic development of the city as well as activities of the APEC 2017 that the city will host in November this year.
The General Electric Corporation 3 under the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) Group plans to invest in building Long Son thermal power plant with a total capital of 4.39 billion USD in southern Ba Ria–Vung Tau province.
The multinational group ET Solar held a working session with authorities of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on June 14 to seek business opportunities in solar energy supply.
The Northern Power Corporation has reported that in the first five months of this year, it supplied 21.4 billion kWh of commercial electricity, a rise of 12.47 percent year on year.
Vietnam’s electricity supply might meet only half of total demand in the future, predicted Tran Trong Quyet, vice chairman of the Southern Power Association.
To deal with possible electrical shortages during the dry season, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) will make the most of all power sources, including coal, gas, diesel-fueled and hydropower stations, a representative of the corporation has said.
Only 18 months after the signing of the contract on a megaproject in Egypt, Siemens has set a new worldwide benchmark for the execution of fast-track power projects.
Several key power transmission projects, worth a total 1.1 trillion VND (48.4 million USD), have been constructed since 2015 to ensure power supply for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Vietnam this year.
The National Power Transmission Corporation (EVN NPT) has developed a plan to ensure power supply for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings in Vietnam.
The Southern Power Corporation (SPC) of the Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) is implementing several projects to connect southern rural areas with the national grid.
The National Power Transmission Corporation (EVN NPT) said it plans to put 63 projects worth more than 21.2 trillion VND (934.43 million USD) into operation in 2017.
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