Vietnam expects to add 5000 MW to national power grid in 2011

The Vietnamese electricity sector expects to connect an additional 5,000 MW to the national electricity grid this year, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The figure indicates that the country’s total power generation capacity will be raised by 20 percent from currently.

Vietnam is forecast to face a power shortage of between 400 million kWh and 1.4 billion kWh in the first half of this year.

In the next five years, annual growth rate in electricity consumption in Vietnam is estimated at between 14.1 percent and 16 percent while the electricity sector only can connect a maximum 15,000 MW to the national power grid, possibly causing severe power shortages nationwide.

Tags: Vietnam electricity, Vietnam energy, Vietnam power shortage

Posted by VBN on Jan 15 2011. 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