Tuong Duong: More than 1,762 billion VND invested in electricity sector

(Baonghean.vn) - If in 2013, Tuong Duong still had 3 communes that did not use the national grid, by August 2016, 18/18 communes and towns used the national grid with 129/154 villages having electricity, serving 14,965 households, accounting for 90% of the total number of households in the whole area.

Hoa Binh - Tuong Duong Power Station. Photo: PV

The total investment capital for the electricity sector in the area from 2013 to present has reached more than 1,762 billion VND, invested in expanding more than 123.35km of 35kV power lines, 300km of 0.4KV power lines, installing 55 transformer stations; Constructing 03 hydropower plants with a total investment of 1,509 billion VND.

Specifically: Nam Non Hydropower Plant 20MW, total investment of 513 billion VND; Ban Ang Hydropower Plant 17MW, total investment of 500 billion VND; Xoong Con Hydropower Plant 15MW, total investment of 495 billion VND.

Operation at Ban Ve Hydropower Plant

Recently, the project of supplying electricity to rural areas from the National Grid of Nghe An province, invested by EVNNPC and implemented by Nghe An Electricity Company, has supplied electricity to 6 communes in Tuong Duong (Nhon Mai, Mai Son, Huu Khuong, Yen Tinh, Yen Hoa, Luong Minh).

Up to now, there are still 25 villages in the district without national grid electricity, all of which have been included in the investment portfolio by the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

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