Lao PDR - Viet Nam Power Transmission Interconnection II
Details
| Project | TBD |
|---|---|
| Related Projects | - |
| Type | Loan |
| Sector | Energy |
| Country | Regional |
| Start | - |
| End | - |
| Status | Future |
| Last Edited | 05 Jul 2021 |
Funding
Project Description
This project will (i) construct a 59- kilometer (km), 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line and a 230 kV/500 kV substation in Hatxan, Lao PDR; and (ii) will construct a 94 km, 500 kV transmission line and expand the existing 220 kV/500 kV substation in Pleiku, Viet Nam. The project will enable the transmission of 3,157 gigawatt-hours/ year of electricity, to be produced by eight small hydropower plants (with a total capacity of 1,013 megawatts [MW]) in southern Lao PDR, to be developed by independent power producers.
Progress (as of March 2021)
Proposed.
Contacts
| Contact 1 | |
| Contact Name | Mr. Chanthaly Chansompheng |
|---|---|
| Organization | Office of the GMS National Coordinator, Lao |
| chansom- pheng@yahoo.com | |
| Contact 2 | |
| Contact Name | - |
| Organization | - |
| - | |
News and Multimedia
Building a Sustainable Energy Future: The Greater Mekong Subregion
Source: https://www.facebook.com/GMSProgram/
Lao PDR announced plans of increasing electricity exports to other countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in the next 6 years: 500MW to Myanmar, 9 gigawatts (GW) to Thailand, and 5GW to Viet Nam.
Source: GMS Website