Contracts signed on projects serving import of electricity from Laos | Business

On the signing ceremony of the offers. (Photograph: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The Energy Venture Administration Board 2
(PPMB) underneath Electrical energy of Vietnam (EVN) on March 31 signed contracts on building and tools provide and set up for 2 initiatives to serve the import
of electrical energy from Laos.

One undertaking will construct the Bo Y 220kV switching station within the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum and 220kV transmission traces connecting the Nam Kong 1, Nam Kong 2, Nam Kong 3 hydropower crops with Vietnam’s nationwide grid. The undertaking is anticipated to be operational within the fourth quarter of
this yr.

Within the different undertaking, the 220kV Dak Ooc switching
station might be constructed within the central province of Quang Nam together with 220kV transmission traces  to attach the Nam Emoun hydropower plant in Laos with Vietnam’s nationwide grid. It’s to be put into operation within the first quarter of 2023.

The full funding for the 2 initiatives is estimated at
over 500 billion VND (21.6 million USD), with EVN the investor.

The initiatives are meant to implement the bilateral dedication of the Vietnamese and Lao governments in vitality growth./.