(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.


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