Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong attended the ground-breaking ceremony yesterday for Tra Vinh Province’s Duyen Hai 1 Thermal Power Plant, which he believed would play an integral role in ensuring the country’s power demand for socio-economic development by 2015.
Trong, speaking at the ceremony, affirmed that the plant’s construction was encouraging for the development of the southwestern region and for investments in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta area.
The Electricity of Viet Nam Group (EVN), which invested US$1.57 billion in the plant, and the contractor, Dongfang Electric Power Corporation (China), were asked to carry out their commitments, ensure rapid construction and engage in only environmentally-sound practices.
The plant offers a total installed capacity of 1,245MW, with an average output power from 7.5 to 8 billion kWh per year, using coal fuel and thermal power technology consistent with Viet Nam’s antraxit coal. The plant will also meet all criteria regarding productivity, stability, safety and environmental protection.
According to Trong, by 2010’s close, the Government will invest in the construction of Co Chien Bridge, which would link Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces, in order to facilitate further development of the region. The bridge is expected to be finished within in three years.
The EVN launched three other projects this year, including Nghi Son Oil Refinery, Song Bung 2 Hydropower Project and Vinh Tan 2 Thermal Power Plant.
