In the first six months of 2021, Vietnam NPS received 14.69 billion kWh from the renewable energy projects

In the first 6 months of 2021, despite facing many difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic, extreme weather leading to many hot-tempered spells, lack of water in hydropower reservoirs, but EVN ensured a safe and uninterrupted electricity supply for the economic development of the country daily life of the people with an increase of sale electricity by 8.36 % compared to that in the same period of 2020.

Among power generation and import of 128.51 billion kWh in the first 6 months of 2021, there were 30.46 billion kWh (23.7%) from hydropower plants, 66.67 billion kWh (51.9%) from coal thermal power plants, 15.66 billion kWh (12.2%) from gas turbine power plants gas fired, 14.69 billion kWh (11.4%) from renewable energy projects, 624 million kWh (0.5%) and 2 million kWh from oil thermal power plants.

According to the forecast of the National Center for Hydro-meteorological prediction, there may be many critical hot-tempered days in July/2021 in the Northern and Central regions of Vietnam. In this situation, EVN forecasted that electricity consumption of the national power system may reach about 785.3 million kWh per day and maximal capacity about 43,000 MW.

In complicated and severe development of the covid-19 pandemic and the weather, EVN commits to continue implementing the double target as covid-19 pandemic protection and optimum exploiting hydro and thermal power plants, especially, reasonable exploiting hydropower plants to ensure the water supply for the lowlands.

EVN will continuously direct and require the power corporations and companies to prepare manpower, facilities for timely coping with happening natural calamity and timely handling the local overloads and grid breakdowns to guarantee electricity supply for customers.

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