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Article: VIETNAM: CONSTRUCTION START-UP ON PROPOSED 100 MW POWER PLANT IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN DECEMBER 2000 AND BE FOLLOWED BY 6 OTHERS HAVING AN AGGREGATE CAPACITY OF 2,170 MW, VIETNAM COAL CORP. (VINACOAL) [VIETNAM] - Order #: 114300.
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- WWP-Business Opportunities in Asia & the Pacific
- Article date:
- November 1, 2000
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Electricity generated by hydro-electric plants in Vietnam accounts for some 60% of the country's total production. Hence, VIETNAM COAL CORP. (VINACOAL) is now gearing-up to make full use of the country's abundant low-calorie coal to generate electricity.
As a result, the company is scheduled to begin building a new thermal power station in December 2000. The facility in question is to be sited adjacent the Na Duong coal mine located in Loi Bac Commune of Loc Binh District in the north-eastern border province of Lang Son. The unit, of undisclosed cost, will have an installed generating capacity of 100 Mw. The Na Duong thermo-electric plant in question will ...