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Da Nang ensures power supply for APEC 2017

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.
Da Nang ensures power supply for APEC 2017 ảnh 1Da Nang strives to ensure power supply for APEC 2017 (Illustrative image. Source: VNA)
Da Nang (VNA)– The central city of Da Nang has exerted efforts to ensure stable power supplyfor the socio-economic development of the city as well as activities of theAPEC 2017 that the city will host in November this year.

According to the DaNang Power Company, on June 17, the city’s commercial power production hit 10million kWh per day.

The production rose over 8.3 percent over the peak figure in 2016 and 25percent over the average daily production since early this year.

The city experienced ahot month in June with the record demand for power. The total power consumptionon June 17 was 473MW, with daily use of 10.027 million kWh, the city’s highest figuresso far.

Earlier this month,the city put into operation an upgraded transformer of the Hoa Khanh 2 110kVtransformer station in Hoa Khanh industrial park, Lien Chieu district.-VNA
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