Song Hau 1 project. Source: CAND The three projects include $1.82 billion Duyen Hai 3 expanded, $2 billion Song Hau 1, and $1.2 billion Long Phu 1 thermal power plants. The Duyen Hai 3 thermal power plant expansion project The project at Duyen Hai thermal power complex located in Dan Thanh commune, Duyen Hai district includes a 688MW power facility. The facility was scheduled to start operation in 2018, supplying approximately 3.9 billion kWh to southern region. In 2014, Sumitomo Corporation received an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to construct a supercritical power station in the 688MW Duyen Hai 3 coal-fired thermal power station expansion project of Power Generation Corporation 1, a power subsidiary of state-run utility Electricity of Vietnam (EVN). Duyen Hai 3 is one of four power projects developed at Duyen Hai Power Centre with a combined generation capacity of 4,348MW as outlined in the nation’s power development master plan between 2011 and … [Read more...] about Three billion dollar thermal power plants running behind schedule
Thermal power plants
OneEnergy proposed as sole investor of Vung Ang 2 thermal power plant
Once Hong Kong investor OneEnergy Asia Limited receives the Vietnamese government approval, it will become the only investor in the $2.2- billion Vung Ang 2 thermal power plant. The Vung Ang 1 thermal power plant in the central province of Ha Tinh The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has collected opinions from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Justice about the proposal to change the investor of Vung Ang 2 thermal power plant. After MoIT received feedback from these ministries, it will forward these to the prime minister for consideration. This comes after the proposal of Vung Ang 2 Thermal Power JSC (VAPCO), a joint venture between local firm Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) and OneEnergy Asia Limited, which is a 50/50 partnership of Hong Kong’s CLP Holdings and Japan’s Mitsubishi Group. Notably, after REE completed the transfer of its entire holding in VAPCO to OneEnergy, VAPCO … [Read more...] about OneEnergy proposed as sole investor of Vung Ang 2 thermal power plant
PV Power to take over Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants
PetroVietnam Power Corporation (PV Power), Vietnam’s second largest electricity producer, will replace PetroVietnam as the investor of Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants located in Ong Keo Industrial Zone (IZ) in the southern province of Dong Nai. PV Power to take over Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants The prime minister recently approved the proposal of PV Power to take over these two projects from PetroVietnam after collecting the opinions of ministries and relevant authorities. Previously, in February 2017, the prime minister agreed to add the Nhon Trach 3 and 4 projects to the National Power Development Master Plan VII and assign PetroVietnam as the investor of the projects. According to the plan, the two thermal power plants will cover an area of 34 hectares and have a total investment capital of VND33.3 trillion ($1.46 billion), with the production capacity of 750-800MW each. PV Power will use VND9.99 trillion ($438.29 million) of its equity and … [Read more...] about PV Power to take over Nhon Trach 3 and 4 thermal power plants
Ash generated from thermal power plants up to 12.2 million tonnes
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The country’s thermal power plants generated up to 12.2 million tones of coal ash last year, while treating only 4 million tonnes, meaning inventory rose to 25.2 million tonnes, according to the Department of Industrial Safety and Environment (DISE) under the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The amended master plan for electricity development for the 2011-2020 period with a vision to 2030 says that 52 coal-fired power plants will be in operation by 2030 with a total designed capacity of 52,252 MW. So in the next few years, if no solutions are developed, the amount of ash could increase so much that there is no room for storage. Deputy director of the DISE, Phạm Trọng Thực, said that the generation of thermoelectricity was one of the biggest sources of waste. To produce 1kWh of electricity using coal dust, from 0.9 to 1.5kg of coal ash will be emitted. Thus, coal ash generated annually from the 23 operational … [Read more...] about Ash generated from thermal power plants up to 12.2 million tonnes
Geleximco unswayed by investors’ refusal to hand over thermal power plants
In spite of being refused by existing investors to develop the billion-dollar thermal power plants, Geleximco is still determined to take over the projects. Vinacomin has yet to complete the site clearance of Quynh Lap 1 thermal power Geleximco determines to develop Quang Trach II and Quynh Lap I thermal power projects Earlier in July 2017, Hanoi General Export Import JSC (Geleximco) expressed interested in co-operating with Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group Co., Ltd. to invest in five thermal power projects, including Quynh Lap I, II, Quang Trach I, II, III, and Haiphong III under the public-private partnership (PPP) model. MoIT has issued a document to collect opinions from relevant authorities about Geleximco’s proposal to establish Geleximco-HUI and implement the Quynh Lap 1 and Quang Trach 2 thermal power plants. Three months later, in October 2017, Geleximco sent documents to the government and authorities to propose establishing Geleximco-HUI, a joint venture … [Read more...] about Geleximco unswayed by investors’ refusal to hand over thermal power plants