Construction of An Khanh Thermo-electric Power Plant starts

The People’s Committee of Thai Nguyen province and the An Khanh Thermo-electric Power Joint Stock Company have started the construction of the An Khanh Thermo-electric Power Plant in An Khanh commune, Dai Tu district, with a capacity of 100 MW.

The VND 2 trillion plant covers an area of 22.7 hectares.

The main source of material for the plant is the assorted coal of poor quality in Thai Nguyen province and the Khanh Hoa coal mine with a total demand of around 420,000 tonnes a year.

It is planned that the plant will have generated electricity by 2012.

Once operational, the plant will create jobs for 400 workers and contribute around VND 100 billion to the State budget every year.

This is the biggest ever project in Thai Nguyen province, with an enterprise in the province as its investor.

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