record heat swelters across northern viet nam

Record heat swelters across northern Viet Nam

Electricity consumption in the North reached a historic peak over the past four days, said Nguyễn Đức Ninh, deputy director of National Load Dispatch Centre.
ninh thuan works on 2 solar power projects

Ninh Thuận works on 2 solar power projects

Leaders in Ninh Thuan province on Wednesday began joint work with Power Generation Corporation 3 (Genco 3), under Viet Nam Electricity Group (EVN), on two solar power projects in the province.
evn told to propose realistic tariffs

EVN told to propose realistic tariffs

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ has asked the national power company, Electricity of Việt Nam (EVN), to propose tariffs based on true production costs this year.
ge hands over southeast asias single largest ultra supercritical power unit to malaysia

GE hands over Southeast Asia's single largest ultra-supercritical power unit to Malaysia

US energy giant GE has just announced the handover of the 1,000MW Manjung 4 power plant to Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), the largest electricity utility in Malaysia, following two years of successful commercial operation.
green growth strategy stirs up local power mix

Green Growth Strategy stirs up local power mix

To ensure sufficient electricity for the coming decades, the Vietnamese government is implementing the National Green Growth Strategy with a stress laid on developing various types of energy, including coal-fired and renewable sources. Khoi Nguyen reports.
charging the countrys future sustainably

Charging the country’s future – sustainably

A need for electricity to power Vietnam’s rapid socio-economic development has brought renewable energy plans into uneasy co-existence with the country’s coal-fired power plants.
pv power hopes to find strategic investors by the end of august

PV Power hopes to find strategic investors by the end of August

PV Power, a wholly-owned subsidiary of state-owned PetroVietnam and the second largest electricity producer in Vietnam after Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) in terms of capacity, hopes to finish its share sale to strategic investors by the end of August.
japan firm to build quang ngai power plant

Japan firm to build Quảng Ngãi power plant

The Japanese J-Power Development Company plans to build a thermal power plant in Dung Quất Economic Zone in the central province of Quảng Ngãi, the director of the International Development Business Department of J-Power Electricity, Jahana Takashi, told provincial officials on Thursday.
siemens helps improve vietnamese transmission grid performance

Siemens helps improve Vietnamese transmission grid performance

As part of an extensive programme to ensure a reliable national power supply in Vietnam, Siemens has received an order from the state-run energy company Electricity of Vietnam’s National Load Dispatch Centre, to improve the performance of the nationwide transmission grid.
fresh policies take effect in april2017

Fresh policies take effect in April,2017

A string of new policies on trade reconciliation, energy labeling, cash collection and expenditure, financial management mechanism for Viet Nam Electricity Group (EVN) will come into effect in April.
clean energy much potential but lack pricing mechanism

Clean energy – much potential, but lack pricing mechanism

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has recently proposed putting forth a mechanism for auctions of renewable energy projects from 2020 onwards, to give impetus to the development of this industry.
khanh hoa to build coastal solar plant

Khanh Hoa to build coastal solar plant

The Central Power Corporation (CPC) under the Viet Nam Electricity Group (EVN) will build a solar plant project with a capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) and solar farms in the south-central coastal province of Khanh Hoa.
deputy pm proposes stabler power prices

Deputy PM proposes stabler power prices

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue requested that the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) only adjust the retail price of electricity every six months as it has always done, instead of the three months as it proposed in January.
wb sponsored hydropower plant in thanh hoa generates electricity

WB-sponsored hydropower plant in Thanh Hoa generates electricity

The second turbine of the Trung Son hydropower plant in the central province of Thanh Hoa began generating electricity for the national grid on March 21, more than one month after its first turbine was launched.
vinh tan 4 fire caused by safety mistake

Vinh Tan 4 fire caused by safety mistake

The cause of the recent fire at Vinh Tan 4 thermal plant has been identified by Vietnam Electricity (EVN) as a safety mistake.