The Son La hydro-electric power plant, the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, will be connected to the national power grid in December 2012, two years ahead of schedule.
Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai gave instructions on preparations for the inauguration ceremony at a meeting of the National Steering Committee on the Son La hydro-electric power plant project in Hanoi on November 10.
The plant, which got off the ground in December 2006, has six groups of turbine with a total design capacity of 2,400MW. According to plan, all its six groups of turbine will generate approximately 10.2 billion kWh a year.
The project has a total investment of more than VND420 trillion. Nearly 18,000 local households in Son La, Lai Chau and Dien Bien provinces have been relocated to reserve land for the plant’s reservoir and facilities.
Source : VOV online