Ground-breaking ceremony for power projects in Nhon Trach district

The Nhon Trach Combined Cycle power plant with a total area of 33.4 hectares is being built by the Viet Nam Construction and Machinery Installation Corporation (LILAMA) and the Construction Corporation No. 1 at a cost of 420 million USD under an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. Once operational in March 2008, the 462MW plant is capable of annually supplying 2.5 billion KWh to the national grid and its annual turnover is expected to reach 140 million USD.

The 40km pipeline is being built by Malaysias Nacap Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd company at a cost of more than 97 million USD to transport gas from the Phu My distribution station to the Nhon Trach 1 power plant and the Hiep Phuoc industrial zone in HCM City. After completion, expected at the end of the first quarter of 2008, the pipeline will be able to feed around 2 billion cu.m. of gas to the Nhon Trach 1 power plant and the Hiep Phuoc IZ per year.

Industry minister Hoang Trung Hai said that the power project will play an important role in easing the shortage of power supplies for the period from now until 2010, meeting the demands of industrialization and modernization of the country. The Minister also stressed the need to implement the project in accord with the schedule.

Reported by Kim Loan

Some photos about the ground breaking ceremony for the Nhon Trach 1 gas-electricity and Phu My-Ho Chi Minh City gas pipeline project

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