Vietnam builds 600-mw thermoelectric plant
5/7/2007 16:06
Construction of a 600-mw coal-fired power plant with an investment of
US$625 million has started in Vietnam's northern Hai Phong City, local newspaper
Vietnam Economic Times reported today.
The two-turbine plant named Hai Phong
2 is scheduled to annually generate 3.6 billion kwh of electricity after it
becomes operational in 2010. Its investor is the state-owned power group Vietnam
Electricity (EVN).
The construction of a similar thermoelectric plant with
the same capacity, Hai Phong 1, is undergoing in the city.
Vietnam's
electricity demand is estimated to annually grow 10- 15 percent in the 2007-2010
period, so the country needs US$20 billion from now to 2010 to implement
electricity production, transmission and distribution projects, according to the
EVN, the country's biggest electricity producer and sole distributor.
Vietnam
plans to increase its electricity capacity to 25,000-26, 000 MW in 2010 from
11,400 MW in 2005, meeting demand for its socio-economic development, said the
EVN.
Xinhua
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