PetroVietnam starts work on 1200MW power plant

PetroVietnam started work Sunday on a 5,200-megawatt power system. The state-owned energy consortium broke ground on the smallest of the three-plant Song Hau, on July 18. The 1,200-megawatt Song Hau 1 Thermal Plant with a cost an estimated $1.5 billion.

It’s 2,000 megawatt sister plants (Song Hau 2 & 3) will be developed with the help of international partners.

The three-plant centre will occupy 367 hectares; it is projected to go online by 2016.

PetroVietnam has already developed a 1,500 megawatt electrical plant in Ca Mau Province and plans to throw up thermal plants in Thai Binh, Quang Binh and Soc Trang provinces. It also has proposed a 1,110 megawatt hydro plant in Laos. The Song Hau project represents the consortium’s largest investment in electro-power to date.

Tags: Song Hau 1 Thermal Plant, Vietnam energy

Posted by VBN on Jul 21 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