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Workers install power lines in HCMC in this fi le photo. HCMC Power Corporation has extended work on 18 power transmission projects - PHOTO: MINH KHUE
The combined investment capital for the projects that will not be developed in the 2011-2015 period is nearly VND11 trillion. In this period, the company had planned to spend around VND21 trillion on power transmission projects.
According to Pham Quoc Bao, deputy general director of EVN HCMC, when these power projects were approved for development in 2011-2015, power consumption was forecast to grow 12.9% a year.
However, the actual rise in power consumption in 2011-2013 was only 6% a year. Besides, commercial power output in HCMC rose a mere 4% compared to an initially projected 7.6%.
Under the city’s economic growth scenarios in the coming years, the maximum power consumption would increase 8% annually and the maximum capacity of the power system would reach 5,300MW by 2020. The current power system has virtually met demand in the next few years.
If the investments are made, debt would pile pressure as most of the power projects are funded by official development assistance (ODA) loans, Bao said.
EVN HCMC, he said, has also written to the HCMC government and the Ministry of Industry and Trade proposing adjusting the city’s 2011-2015 power development plan so that the plan for the 2016-2025 period the Institute of Energy is drafting can be closer to reality.
Regarding power supply in the 2014-2015 dry season, Bao said supply could be sufficient when completing the 500kV Pleiku-My Phuoc-Cau Bong, Song May-Tan Dinh, Vinh Tan-Song power lines and the 500kV Cau Bong substation to transmit power from the central region to the south.
Besides, work on Vinh Tan and Duyen Hai thermal power projects is being speeded up to provide power for HCMC and other southern provinces.
Đăng ký: VietNam News
