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EVN pledges sufficient power supply in August
The Electricity of Vietnam Group (EVN) has pledged to supply sufficient energy for the country during this month by running its hydropower plants at full capacity, said the official website of Vietnamese government.
It is expected to run the 3rd and the 2nd generator of Son La and An Khe hydropower plants with respective capacity of 400 MW and 80 MW, and finalize the 220kV substations in northern Son La province and in southern Ho Chi Minh City in this month.
The full loads of the national electricity network in August is forecast to reach 314.9 million kWh a day, while the maximum capacity will be ranging from 15,800-16,000 MW.
According to the group, in July, the electricity system continued to run stably and meet the electricity demand for the household and industry sectors.
The total electricity output in the first seven months of this year reached 62.017 billion kWh, rising 9.34 percent from the same period last year.
Commercial electricity in Jan-July was estimated to reach 53.586 billion kWh, up 12.31 percent year on year, of which local commercial electricity was up 12.06 percent.
The total electricity supply for industry and construction increased 15.34 percent, trade-services up 9.98 percent and management and consumer up 7.94 percent on year.
In July, EVN started operations of six new power generators with a total capacity of 1,085 MW. Also in July, 22 electricity transmission lines of 220-500 kV joined the national grid.
As planned, in the last months of this year, EVN will continued to put into operations 7 new power generators to supply over 1,000 MW to the national grid.
Among them, the 400 MW power generator No 4 of Son La hydropower plant will be operational in December 2011.
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