The Vietcongs oppose Laos' Xayaburi dam but speed up the contruction of the DAMNED Lower Se San 2 Dam in Cambodia

EVN unit speeds up work on Lao, Cambodian dams


July, 08 2011
VNS (Hanoi)

HCM CITY — EVN International Joint Stock Company, a subsidiary of Electricity of Viet Nam Corp (EVN), is hastening work on its hydroelectric projects in Cambodia and Laos.

The projects include the 400-MW Lower Se San 2 Hydro-power Project in Se San District of Cambodia's Stung Treng Province, which has been approved by the Cambodian Government.

EVN International Co (EVNI) contributed a 51 per cent stake and the local Royal Group a 49 per cent stake of the project, which will be carried out under the BOT (build-operate-transfer) investment form.

The Ministry of Industry, Mining and Energy of Cambodia has agreed to purchase 50 per cent of output from the Lower Se San 2 Plant, construction of which is scheduled to begin in 2012 and to be completed by the end of 2016.

EVN to provide electricity to Cambodia

30/03/2009
VietNamNet/VNA

VietNamNet Bridge – Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) and Electricity of Cambodia (EDC) will put into operation a 220kV power line on March 30, an important step towards effecting electricity sales to Cambodia, according to EVN Deputy General Director Dang Hoang An.

The Chau Doc (Vietnam) – Takeo (Cambodia) power line is part of an agreement signed in March 2003 between the two governments and a contract between EVN and EDC.

According to EVN, the line has a maximum transmitting capacity of 200MW.

Vietnam to link power grid with neighboring countries

September 25, 2007

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), the country's biggest power producer and sole distributor, plans to connect the national grid with those of neighboring countries for power trading, newspaper Vietnam News reported Tuesday.

From now to 2010, Vietnam will supply Cambodia electricity through a 220 kv line linking the Thot Not station in the Mekong delta to Cambodia's Phnom Penh. In the second phase from 2015-2016, the grid will be jointed in Ho Chi Minh city once the construction of the Lower Sesan 1 and Lower Serepok 2 hydroelectricity power plants in Cambodia is completed.

The state-owned power group plans to construct two 500 kv lines connecting Laos' Nam Theun and Ban Sok to the country's central Ha Tinh province and central highlands Gia Lai province respectively, so as to import power from Laos' Sekaman 1, Sekong 4 and 5, and Nam Kong hydroelectricity power plants, said the paper.

EVN also plans to link the national power grid to that of Thailand in order to sell power in March and April, and buy power in periods from June to August and October to December.

Since October 2004, Vietnam has got a 110kv line and a 220kv line linking to China. The two countries plan to further connect their 500kv lines, the paper said.

Vietnam's electricity demand is estimated to annually grow 10-15 percent in the 2007-2010 period, the country plans to increase its electricity capacity to 25,000-26,000 MW in 2010 from 11,400 MW in 2005, meeting demand for its socio-economic development, according to the EVN.

Source: Xinhua

Whether Cambodians want it or not, Electiricity of Vietnam is settling in Cambodia with the blessing of Hun Sen's regime

EVN to build two Cambodian plants

15-09-2007
VNS (Hanoi)

HA NOI — Electricity of Viet Nam officially announced on Wednesday that it will begin construction of two hydroelectric plants in Cambodia using investment capital totalling US$600 million.

A new joint stock company, EVN Cambodia JSC, was established to help implement the two projects, and the company plans to establish two subsidiaries in Cambodia to help mobilise capital, according to Lam Du Son, EVN’s deputy director.

Son also commented that, despite the plant construction being their first foreign investment project, the company was sufficiently qualified both technologically and financially to back the Cambodia project.

In addition to constructing, managing and operating the two hydroelectric plants, EVN Cambodia and its subsidiaries will also take part in other projects across Cambodia. These projects may involve electricity, business, forestry, or mine exploitation, among other things.

According to a memorandum of understanding signed between EVN and Cambodia’s Ministry of Industry and Mine and Energy on June 15, 2007, the EVN will have completed its feasibility study on the two hydroelectric projects by 2009.

Subsequently, the two plants will be finished within five years, and they will be put into operation in 2014.

The capacity of the first plant will total 90 mW and the second plant 400 MW. Together they will generate about 2 billion kW of power every year, which will be used in Cambodia and Viet Nam.

The plants stand to greatly benefit both Cambodia and Viet Nam by making use of the water force of Sesan River running through Viet Nam and Cambodia, Son said. He added that the plants would also benefit irrigation and flood prevention.

The construction of these two plants is part of the co-operation commitment in the areas of economics, culture, science, and technology between the two countries’ governments. The commitments were officially signed in August between Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem and his Cambodian counterpart, Hor Nam Hong, in Phnom Penh.