Vietnam completes key power transmission line to northern industrial hub
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HANOI, Aug 28 (Reuters) -Vietnam's state utility EVN said on Wednesday it has completed construction of a power transmission line expected to boost power supply to the industrialised northern region, home to factories for several large multinationals.
The 519 km (322.5 mile) line from the central province of Quang Binh to Pho Noi power station outside Hanoi is part of Vietnam's efforts to avoid a repeat of power shortages that hit factories and families in northern provinces during heatwaves in recent years.
The $1 billion power line, built in less than a year, is expected to roughly double to around 5 gigawatts the power transmission capacity from central Vietnam, where most of the country's solar and wind farms are located, to the northern regions.
"This is an urgent, key project that plays an extremely important role in the country's energy security," EVN said in a statement.
Vietnam has this year ramped up coal imports for power generation and is expanding one of its largest hydropower plants in its north, where large investors such as Samsung Electronics, Foxconn and Canon have their factories.
Reporting by Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio; Editing by Martin Petty
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