(HBO) – Entering 2017, the Hoa Binh Hydropower Company has encountered a lot of difficulties and challenges, including unfavourable hydrological situation in the early months. The water levels at reservoirs in the Da River in service of the Hoa Binh hydropower plant were over 2m lower than the same period last year.
Director Nguyen Van Minh
(last from right) and a working delegation led by Minister of Agriculture and
Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong and Director General of the Electricity of
Vietnam Dang Hoang An inspect flood discharge at Hoa Binh hydropower plant.
Engineers and workers at a project upgrading the
control system of H7&H8 turbines
Hoa Binh hydropower plant is the pride of the
"shinny river”
The water flowing into the Da river basin is
lower than the average recorded in many previous years, considerably affecting
the power generation of the plant. Apart from generating electricity and
regulating water to prevent droughts and floods, the company is responsible for
repairing equipment and investing in construction. It is implementing a project
to upgrade the control, protection, and measurement system for four turbines.
With the efforts of the whole staff, the company
has completed a large amount of work.
As of August 2017, the company generated 6.98
billion kWh of electricity, fulfilling 70 percent of the yearly target. It also
upgraded the control system for turbines No 7 and No 8 and put them into
operation as scheduled. In January and February, the company increased power
generation for eight turbines and discharged a total of 3.12 billion cubic
meters of water to irrigate the winter-spring crop in the northern delta
region.
To gear up for flood prevention, the company
collected data for analysis and evaluation of the dams’ safety as well as
mapped out plans to prevent natural disasters.
The hydrological situation was quite complicated
in the flood season. Floods came earlier than the same period of previous years
and prolonged from early July to the end of August. The company discharged over
6.5 billion cubic meters of water. The flood discharge was implemented
according to legal regulations.
Besides serving production, the company also deployed
a number of measures to implement a project improving the efficiency of
business production and labour productivity, along with a programme on thrift
practices and wastefulness prevention according to a plan of the Electricity of
Vietnam. Positive outcomes have been achieved.
In the remaining months of this year, the
company will seek to preserve water and ensure sufficient electricity
generation as it was tasked while continuously upgrading the control system of
two turbines.
The company is confident to overcome difficulties
and challenges to fulfill the set targets in 2017.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.
