Con Dao to boost power generation
Four more generators will be installed for Con Dao Island District in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau by 2024, raising the locality’s total electricity capacity to 16 MW.
According to Nguyen Van Giap, director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Electricity Company, the 1.5-MW generator is being tested in HCM City and will be brought to Con Dao before April 30.
The three others will be put into use in the district between the end of this year and 2024.
Con Dao is currently home to nine generators which are outdated and facing overloading. Last year, three generators experienced technical problems, causing power shortages for the district.
Electricity of Vietnam said that power demand on Con Dao, which is an increasingly popular tourist destination, has been on the rise.
Con Dao’s demand for energy has increased by 20-30 percent annually amid a rise in tourists, forcing generators to operate 20-22 hours daily.
The island’s electricity demand has been forecasted to reach 24.5 MW by 2025 and 114.4 MW by 2045.
Under a revised plan for Con Dao development by 2045, the island is set to become a world-class site for marine, cultural, historic and spiritual tourism.
Last year, despite impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, the district welcomed 523,515 tourists, an increase of more than 110 percent over the same period in 2021, including 9,215 foreigners, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
According to Nguyen Van Giap, director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Electricity Company, the 1.5-MW generator is being tested in HCM City and will be brought to Con Dao before April 30.
The three others will be put into use in the district between the end of this year and 2024.
Con Dao is currently home to nine generators which are outdated and facing overloading. Last year, three generators experienced technical problems, causing power shortages for the district.
Electricity of Vietnam said that power demand on Con Dao, which is an increasingly popular tourist destination, has been on the rise.
Con Dao’s demand for energy has increased by 20-30 percent annually amid a rise in tourists, forcing generators to operate 20-22 hours daily.
The island’s electricity demand has been forecasted to reach 24.5 MW by 2025 and 114.4 MW by 2045.
Under a revised plan for Con Dao development by 2045, the island is set to become a world-class site for marine, cultural, historic and spiritual tourism.
Last year, despite impacts of Covid-19 pandemic, the district welcomed 523,515 tourists, an increase of more than 110 percent over the same period in 2021, including 9,215 foreigners, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
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