Pumped-storage hydro plant planned for Vietnam

Vietnam is planning to build a pumped-storage hydro project with total capacity of 1,500 megawatts in the country’s northern province of Son La in 2013, the government reported.

Government officials have given an in-principle approval to the construction of the hydropower plant, wire reports indicate.

The plant will be the first pumped-storage hydropower project in the country and is designed to be environmentally-friendly, reports indicate.

The plant is expected to be operational in 2018, according to reports.

Recently, Vietnam-based infrastructure development company Cavico Corp. announced its majority owned subsidiary, Cavico Mining, was awarded a contract to construct an access road at Vietnam’s Ban Chat hydro project.

Tags: Son La hydropower, Vietnam energy, Vietnam hydropowe power

Posted by VBN on Jun 23 2010. Filed under Energy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry