Efforts to bring the 500kV line 3 project to the finish line

All for the National Electricity

The 500kV Power Transmission Line Circuit 3 Quang Trach - Pho Noi project, about 519km long, passing through 9 provinces, with a total investment of about 22 trillion VND, with 4 component projects, started construction in January 2024.

In Nghe An province, 2 component projects are being implemented: The 500kV Quang Trach - Quynh Luu Transmission Line Project is about 82.33km long, including 168 pole foundation locations, corresponding to 169 pole intervals in the districts of Nam Dan, Nghi Loc, Dien Chau, Yen Thanh and Quynh Luu.

The 500kV Quynh Luu - Thanh Hoa Transmission Line Project in the province is about 17.5km long, including 34 column foundation locations, corresponding to 34 column intervals, located in Quynh Luu district and Hoang Mai town.

This is an important project in the electricity supply in general and the electricity transmission in Vietnam in particular. The completion of the project will help increase the electricity transmission capacity from the Central region to the North from 2,200MW to 5,000MW to solve the problem of electricity supply for the North, which is facing many difficulties and urgency.

Identifying this as a national key project, over the past time, the entire political system of Nghe An province has taken drastic measures to coordinate the implementation of the project. Implementing Official Dispatch No. 55/CD-TTg dated June 1, 2024 of the Prime Minister, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung requested Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts and towns to direct relevant agencies and units to mobilize available resources, provide maximum support, and create all conditions for investors, contractors, and construction units to best organize logistics, food, accommodation, living, and travel to ensure convenience, hygiene, safety, and health for cadres, engineers, workers, and laborers, especially newly mobilized forces.

Relevant departments, branches, localities and units, according to their functions and tasks, focus on seriously, promptly and effectively implementing the directions of the Central Government and the province for the project. Provincial leaders are regularly present at the site to inspect and urge the construction progress, remove difficulties and encourage the construction forces.

Military Region 4 has dispatched 1,120 main force troops, local troops, and militia to participate in the routes in the three provinces of Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and Thanh Hoa. The main force troops and local troops of Military Region 4 are always ready to mobilize and coordinate construction with the spirit of urgency, "overcoming the sun and overcoming the rain", "once deployed, determined to win", contributing to ensuring the project's progress in the area.

To participate in supporting the implementation of the 500kV line 3 project through Nghe An province, the Provincial Youth Union has also developed a plan and implemented a peak emulation period, established 74 combat teams, with more than 1,100 young people implementing many activities to support the construction of the 500kV line 3. The volunteer youth teams have worked with local authorities to propagate and mobilize people to hand over the line corridor; supported the demolition of houses and cutting down trees in the corridor; supported traffic regulation when pulling wires across traffic overpasses; encouraged and gave gifts to boost the spirit of workers at the construction site.

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During the implementation process, the project has always received the attention and direction of the Prime Minister, ministries, branches, and leaders of Vietnam Electricity Group. Along with that is the support of authorities at all levels where the project passes through, the consensus and joint efforts of the people who have given up land for the project, and participated in supporting the construction of the foundation excavation phase.

Deputy General Director of National Power Transmission Corporation EVNNPT - Mr. Truong Huu Thanh said

Given the importance of the project, not only for EVNNPT, EVN's Power units and other units have shown a high spirit and responsibility by participating in enthusiastic support, making great efforts, not afraid of difficulties and hardships. At the same time, EVN also received support from construction personnel from Military Region 3, Military Region 4, Viettel Group, Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group... to participate in erecting poles and pulling wires for the projects.

To meet the progress requirements as directed by the Prime Minister, in a short period of time, many work items were simultaneously deployed such as construction and installation, pole erection, wire pulling, positioning frame installation, technical calibration. Therefore, in addition to the main force of EVNNPT units and construction and installation contractors, EVN mobilized 5 Power Corporations to participate in supporting the construction with a large number of qualified, experienced and skilled workers.

Determined to reach the finish line on time

These days, Nghe An continues to focus all its efforts on coordinating the project implementation in the final stage; at the same time, proactively coordinating with investors and contractors to return public service areas and construction sites. With the determination to organize the inauguration of the project before September 2, 2024, in the final stage, all forces are involved in the implementation.

Despite the massive construction volume, rugged terrain, and unfavorable weather, the remaining construction volume is not much. According to the Department of Industry and Trade, by August 20, in Nghe An province, 202/202 pole positions had been erected, and 39/87 anchorage sections had been completed, while 48 anchorage sections were being constructed day and night by units, completing the schedule.

Mr. Dang Hoang Phuong - Director of Power Construction One Member Co., Ltd. 2 said, we are speeding up the construction of packages 33 and 36. For these 2 packages, the fiber optic cable circuit has been completed, currently we are focusing on completing the lightning protection circuit. Although the construction is on a rugged mountainous terrain, the service road is often eroded and with the characteristics of having to work at high altitudes in extremely hot weather conditions, the entire construction site is working simultaneously day and night, with high determination to complete the project on schedule, handing it over at the end of August.

According to the leader of the National Power Transmission Corporation, in addition to favorable factors, the project implementation process encountered many difficulties when the transmission line passed through many mountainous areas, many locations were located in the forest, there were locations where the foundation had to dig a very large amount of rock. Then there were sections passing through many areas of ponds, fields, crossing many large rivers, weak geology. In addition, due to many anchorages, there were many positions with 2 columns, the construction took more time...

Along with that, the volume of steel columns is very large while the progress is required in a short time, EVNNPT together with the Central Power Project Management Board and contractors have made efforts to focus on production, implementing specific solutions to speed up the production progress.

Implementing the Prime Minister's direction with the spirit of "only discussing work, no retreat", "overcoming the sun, overcoming the rain, not losing to the storm", working "3 shifts, 4 shifts", "eating quickly, sleeping urgently", engineers and workers of the units participating in the project worked with the highest spirit and responsibility to bring the project to the finish line on time to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

With the synchronous participation, close and timely direction, on August 19, 2024, the National Power Transmission Corporation, the Central Power Project Management Board coordinated with relevant units to energize the 500kV Transmission Line Project, Circuit 3, Quynh Luu - Thanh Hoa section, meeting the direction of the Prime Minister. On the same afternoon, the National Power Transmission Corporation, the Northern Power Project Management Board coordinated with relevant units to successfully energize 2 circuits of the 500kV Transmission Line Project, Circuit 3, Nam Dinh 1 Thermal Power Plant - Pho Noi section.

The completion and energization of component projects meeting the Prime Minister's direction is a great motivation for the entire construction site of the 500kV Line 3 Project to complete acceptance and inauguration in the coming days according to the Prime Minister's direction.