Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the country's biggest power producer and sole distributor, plans to connect the national grid with those of neighboring countries for power trading, newspaper Vietnam News reported Tuesday.
From now to 2010, Vietnam will supply Cambodia electricity through a 220 kv line linking the Thot Not station in the Mekong delta to Cambodia's Phnom Penh. In the second phase from 2015-2016, the grid will be jointed in Ho Chi Minh city once the construction of the Lower Sesan 1 and Lower Serepok 2 hydroelectricity power plants in Cambodia is completed.
The state-owned power group plans to construct two 500 kv lines connecting Laos' Nam Theun and Ban Sok to the country's central Ha Tinh province and central highlands Gia Lai province respectively, so as to import power from Laos' Sekaman 1, Sekong 4 and 5, and Nam Kong hydroelectricity power plants, said the paper.
EVN also plans to link the national power grid to that of Thailand in order to sell power in March and April, and buy power in periods from June to August and October to December.
Since October 2004, Vietnam has got a 110kv line and a 220kv line linking to China. The two countries plan to further connect their 500kv lines, the paper said.
Vietnam's electricity demand is estimated to annually grow 10- 15 percent in the 2007-2010 period, the country plans to increase its electricity capacity to 25,000-26,000 MW in 2010 from 11,400 MW in 2005, meeting demand for its socio-economic development, according to the EVN.
Source: Xinhua
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