The Vietnam Electricity Group inaugurated three submarine cableprojects to transit power from the inland to island districts fromOctober 2013 to September 2014. This was marked as a great achievementof Vietnam’s power industry, the Vietnam Economic News reported.
Withthe three submarine cable projects to Ly Son, Phu Quoc and Co Toislands, the EVN has completed distribution, management and trading ofelectricity to 8 out of 12 island districts of the country.
Theseisland districts are far from the mainland and have strategic positionsin terms of security, national defence and economic development in thenorthern, central and southern regions.
According to DeputyChairman of EVN Nguyen Tan Loc, the power supply projects to islanddistricts received strong supports from the government, ministries andsectors and localities to complete these projects as soon as possible.
To complete these projects, the EVN had to deal with a tonne of work ranging from capital to technical issues.
Thesuccess of submarine cable projects to island districts proved EVN’smanagement capability. The EVN chose suitable solutions on raisingcapital, selecting relevant technical solutions, and conductingeffective project management.
According to representative fromEVN’s Sales Department, one of the difficulties when implementing thoseprojects was raising capital and looking for technical solutions. Theislands are tens of kilometres away from the mainland shores withcomplicated terrains, deep sea and unfavourable weather conditions.Furthermore, undertaking projects in the sea require experienced andskilful contractors and only a few contractors could meet thesestandards. Therefore, there were few options and the investment costswere usually very high.
Nguyen Thanh, the Deputy General Directorof the Central Power Corporation (EVN CPC) said that although biddingpackages were assigned to contractors and electricity companies, EVN CPCstill had to make coordination and supervised to make sure that theworks went smoothly and met quality and progress requirements. As thiswas the first time that EVN CPC acted as the investor of a project usingnew techniques, it had to study and learnt experience from previousprojects and worked out plans to tackle rising issues during theconstruction process.-VNA
Withthe three submarine cable projects to Ly Son, Phu Quoc and Co Toislands, the EVN has completed distribution, management and trading ofelectricity to 8 out of 12 island districts of the country.
Theseisland districts are far from the mainland and have strategic positionsin terms of security, national defence and economic development in thenorthern, central and southern regions.
According to DeputyChairman of EVN Nguyen Tan Loc, the power supply projects to islanddistricts received strong supports from the government, ministries andsectors and localities to complete these projects as soon as possible.
To complete these projects, the EVN had to deal with a tonne of work ranging from capital to technical issues.
Thesuccess of submarine cable projects to island districts proved EVN’smanagement capability. The EVN chose suitable solutions on raisingcapital, selecting relevant technical solutions, and conductingeffective project management.
According to representative fromEVN’s Sales Department, one of the difficulties when implementing thoseprojects was raising capital and looking for technical solutions. Theislands are tens of kilometres away from the mainland shores withcomplicated terrains, deep sea and unfavourable weather conditions.Furthermore, undertaking projects in the sea require experienced andskilful contractors and only a few contractors could meet thesestandards. Therefore, there were few options and the investment costswere usually very high.
Nguyen Thanh, the Deputy General Directorof the Central Power Corporation (EVN CPC) said that although biddingpackages were assigned to contractors and electricity companies, EVN CPCstill had to make coordination and supervised to make sure that theworks went smoothly and met quality and progress requirements. As thiswas the first time that EVN CPC acted as the investor of a project usingnew techniques, it had to study and learnt experience from previousprojects and worked out plans to tackle rising issues during theconstruction process.-VNA
