PetroVietnam Targets to Supply 30% of Vietnam Power Demand in Next 5 Years
The state-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) targets to supply 30% of the country’s electricity demand in the next five years, according to Chairman Dinh La Thang.
To this end, the group will start the construction of some more thermal power plants with capacities of over 1,200 MW in 2010, Thang said.
PetroVietnam aims to produce 9.82 billion kWh of electricity in 2009.
As of July 2009, the group had invested in 13 power projects with a combined capacity of 10,000 MW. (Trade & Industry)
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