Hoa Binh Hydropower Plant (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) - Deputy Prime MinisterTrinh Dinh Dung has approved a proposal on investment in expanding the Hoa BinhHydropower Plant.
The investment aims to raise the national powernetwork’s peak power and maximise utilisation of water discharged from the plantin the flood season for generating power.
It will also help improve frequency modulation capability and stablise the frequencyof the national electricity system and reduce the working intensity of availableturbines of the plant, thus prolonging the life of equipment and savingmaintenance and repair costs.
With total investment of nearly 8.6 trillion VND, the expanded project will includetwo turbines with total capacity of 480MW.
Once completed, the plant’s average power isexpected to reach 479 million kWh per year, while its electricity mobilisation duringpeak hours will increase to 264.4 million kWh per year.
The project is scheduled to be put intooperation in 2022 or 2023.
The Hoa Binh hydro power plant, located inthe northern province of Hoa Binh, is the second largest hydropower plant inVietnam, after the Son La hydro power plant, with an annual electricity outputof over 10 billion kWh.
It was listed as an important project withrelation to national security under a Government decision signed on January 20,2017. -VNA
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