Ban Ve Hydropower Company: Production and business go hand in hand with social security

Ban Ve Hydropower Plant. Photo: TDBV

Factory Construction ProjectBan Ve Hydropower PlantThe investment project was approved by the Prime Minister in Decision No. 665/QD-TTg dated June 19, 2003 with an installed capacity of 320 MW, built on the Nam Non River, Yen Na Commune, Tuong Duong District in 2004. Unit 1 of Ban Ve Hydropower Plant was officially connected to the national grid on April 10, 2010, the second unit was connected to the national grid on May 19, 2010. Putting the two units into operation ensures safe and stable power generation, contributing to solving the power shortage situation of the whole country in general and the North Central region in particular.

In April 2011, the Board of Members of Vietnam Electricity Group decided to establish Ban Ve Hydropower Company. As the largest hydropower project in the North Central region, with a capacity of 320 MW, after 13 years of operation, Ban Ve Hydropower has connected to the national grid nearly 13 billion kWh, contributing to the development of the Corporation and the Vietnam electricity industry, making an important contribution to the task of ensuring energy security for the country, contributing to the State budget up to thousands of billions of VND.

Operation crew at Ban Ve Hydropower Plant. Photo: TDBV

In 2022 alone, by October 18, the plant had produced 838.071 million kWh of electricity, completing the electricity output plan assigned by the Power Generation Corporation in 2022 of 838 million kWh 73 days ahead of schedule. The total electricity output produced as of November 30, 2022 was 957 million kWh, reaching 114% of the plan assigned for the whole year of 2022.

In 2022, the hydrometeorological situation of Ban Ve Lake basin is quite good. The water flow in the months is higher than the average of many years, while the flood in the lake is not large, so the operation and regulation of the reservoir is quite favorable. The plant has successfully completed the task of ensuring water supply for the downstream and filling the lake at the end of the flood season, without excess discharge through the spillway.

Releasing fish fry to regenerate aquatic resources and improve livelihoods for people living in the Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir. Photo: TDBV

It is worth mentioning that Ban Ve Hydropower Company always accompanies the locality to do well in social security work, joining hands for the community. In 2022 alone, the Company spent more than 2 billion VND on activities such as: Organizing visits and giving gifts to policy families on July 27; organizing fish seed release to regenerate aquatic resources, improving livelihoods for people living in Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir; organizing Tet for the poor program; organizing Mid-Autumn Festival program for poor children in the mountainous area of ​​Tuong Duong, where the factory is located; giving gifts, supporting people affected by natural disasters...

Ban Ve Hydropower Company cooperated with other units to give Tet gifts to people in Thanh Chuong and Tuong Duong districts. Photo: TDBV

Based on the results achieved in 2022, the key task of 2023 is that Ban Ve Hydropower Company will continue to operate the plant safely and stably, ensuring the method; ensuring water supply for downstream areas during the dry season and regulating and reducing floods during the flood season; implementing flood and storm prevention and control, regulating reservoirs in accordance with the regulations of the Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir Operation Process and the inter-reservoir process on the Ca River basin...

Strive for the planned electricity output (at the pole) to reach 790 million Kwh, commercial electricity output to reach 785 million Kwh. Along with that, continue to accompany the locality to do well in social security work, join hands for the community.

With its achievements, Ban Ve Hydropower Company was honored to receive noble awards from the State and Government: Third-class Labor Medal, Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, Certificate of Merit from the Ministry of Industry and Trade, Certificate of Merit from Nghe An Provincial People's Committee and many other noble awards.