Song Tranh’s second turbine goes operational

The second turbine at the Song Tranh 2 Hydroelectric Plant yesterday began to generate electricity for the national grid.

The 95MW turbine successfully started operation last Friday, 33 days ahead of schedule. The plant’s water tunnel was finished in November and it begun driving the turbines.

The plant, located in central Quang Nam Province’s Bac Tra My District, has two turbines with a total capacity of 190MW designed to provide 680 million kWh per year.

Invested in by Electricity of Viet Nam, the plant has a total investment capital of more than VND5trillion (US$256.4 million). It became the second hydroelectric plant on the Vu Gia-Thu Bon River system to have become operational. The plant would help reduce floods downriver, providing water for agricultural production and people living in the province.

Water levels at the reservoir have proved sufficient to allow both turbines to operate at full capacity.

The plant’s first turbine has provided nearly 30 million kWh after its connection to the national power grid.

The Song Tranh plant and its turbine were expected to ease the country’s power shortages, especially in dry season.

The plant is expected to be inaugurated this September. — VNS

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