New gas-run power plant begins operations

The $365 million Nhon Trach 1 Power Plant will run on natural gas from the Nam Con Son and Cuu Long basins

PetroVietnam Power Corporation, a unit of PetroVietnam, inaugurated a 463-megawatt power plant in the southern province of Dong Nai Sunday to meet the growing demand of the province and its neighboring localities.

The plant will generate between 2.2 and 2.5 billion kilowatt-hours a year, the statement said.

Nhon Trach 1 Power Plant, which opens after more than two years of construction and testing, will help boost economic development in Ho Chi Minh City and three southern provinces – Dong Nai, Binh Duong, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau, according to the statement.

The 750-megawatt Nhon Trach 2 Power Plant, also in Dong Nai Province and under construction, is expected to launch near the end of 2011, PetroVietnam Power has said.

National power-generation capacity is expected to increase to around 17,900 megawatts this year, the government said earlier this month.

Reported by Thanh Nien staff

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