The Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s Northern Power Corporation completes 160 out of 366 projects to upgrade medium- and low-voltage power grids. (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s Northern PowerCorporation (EVNNPC) sold nearly 33 billion kWh of electricity during theJanuary-June period, a year-on-year surge of 8.82 percent.
Of the total amount, 64.84 percent was purchased by the industrial sector, andthe remainder acquired for daily life, up 8.22 percent and 9.21 percent,respectively, from the same time last year.
The corporation reported it completed 160 out of 366 projects to upgrademedium- and low-voltage power grids, making contributions to improving gridcapacity and enhancing reliability of the power system.
Thirty 110KV projects have been put into operation, which means 926MVA havebeen added to the national grid. Besides, the company also installed 110.3kilometres of 110kV transmission lines.
Power loss in the period was 5.15 percent, or 0.08 percent lower than the sametime in 2018.
As of June, the firms put in solar panels with total designed capacity of 2,900kWp for 287 customers, accounting for 58 percent of the plan assigned by theEVN.
In addition, the EVNNPC supplied medium-voltage power to 1,126 new customers.It took the firm an average 5.96 days to handle relevant procedures, down 0.31day as stipulated.
In the second half of the year, the corporation will enhance measures to ensuresafe and stable power supply for customers, with focus given to reducing powerloss, accelerating construction of power work, and organising communication workon energy saving in summer.-VNA
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