EVNGENCO1 ensures coal supply for thermal power plants
Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s Power Generation Corporation 1 (EVNGENCO1) said on March 8 that it has built a coordination plan to ensure coal supply for thermal power production.
Hanoi (VNA) – VietnamElectricity (EVN)’s Power Generation Corporation 1 (EVNGENCO1) said on March 8that it has built a coordination plan to ensure coal supply for thermal powerproduction.
Accordingly, the company willsign a contract to import this year’s first batch of 1 million tonnes of coalto serve the operation of Duyen Hai 3 Thermal Power Plant.
In March, EVNGENCO1 will workwith subsidiaries of the Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Holding CorporationLimited and the Ministry of National Defence’s Dong Bac coal corporation toensure coal supply for its thermal electricity plants.
It will also sign a series of mid-and long-term contracts to make sure the operation runs smoothly in 2019 andthe years following.
The plan looks to prepare for thepeak months of dry season this year. Currently, the amount of domestic coalstill meets production demand, however a stock shortage has been noticed.
EVNGENCO1 reported itselectricity output at 2.53 billion kWh in February, up 27 percent year-on-year.Of the total figure, thermal power generated over 2.05 billion kWh, while hydropowerproduced 487 million kWh.
As thermal power accounts for thelargest proportion of Vietnam’s energy production, the country is facingchallenges to ensure a sufficient supply of coal for its plants in the comingyears.
According to the Ministry ofIndustry and Trade, by 2020, Vietnam is expected to produce about 26,000 MW ofcoal-fired thermal power, accounting for 49.3 percent of the total electricitygeneration and consuming about 63 million tonnes of coal.–VNA
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