Before that, the rotor of the generating unit No 3 was completely installed at 10:45 on September 6, 2016 and the unit No 3 was started up for no load operation at 19:30 on November 6, 2016.
According to the evaluation of the experts, the unit No. 3 of the Lai Chau when in no load operation has the lowest shaft deflection among 9 generating units of 400 MW capacity in Vietnam (6 units of the Son La Hydropower Plant and units No 1 and No 2 of the Lai Chau Hydropower Plant). This is a very important condition for successfully synchronizing the unit No 3 with the national grid.
All three generating units of the Lai Chau Hydropower project were successfully synchronized with the national grid and provided greater power output for the country
The unit No 3 of the Lai Chau hydropower plant was successfully synchronized with the national grid as scheduled by the Vietnam Electricity, played a key part in providing electricity to serve economic and social development, especially in the South.
Up to this moment, the two units of the Lai Chau hydropower plant has provided the national power system with an energy of 3.4 billion kWh. The whole project will be inaugurated in the end of December 2016 and completed a year ahead the planned schedule.
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The Lai Chau hydropower Project:
- Approved by the Prime Minister at the decision No. 822/QĐ-CP on June 7, 2010
- Investor: Vietnam Electricity
- Location: Nam Nhun town, Nam Nhun district, Lai Chau province.
- Installed Capacity: 1,200 MW (3 x 400 MW)
- Annual average energy: 4.69 billion kWh
Some major milestones:
+ Started: Jan 5, 2011
+ First Da river closing: April 24, 2012
+ Second Da river closing: October 10, 2014
+ Diversion gate closing and water storage for the reservoir : June 20, 2015
+ Generation of unit No 1: December 2015
+ Generation of unit No 2: June 2016
+ Generation of the unit No 3: November 2016
+ Expected entire project completion: End of the year 2016
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