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wiredInUSA - September 2014 41 ASIA / AFRICA NEWS
The World Bank has approved a $500m
loan to help Vietnam build and improve
electricity transmission throughout the
country. The project demands an
investment of $731.25 million, of which
$500 million will be provided by the
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the World Bank's lending
arm for middle-income countries.
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam will
finance the remaining $231.25 million
required for the project, which includes
building over 1,000km of 220kV and 500kV
transmission lines and providing smart grid
support technologies.
The World Bank believes that capacity
buildingwill contribute to the development
of a national power transmission company
for the country.
World Bank’s Vietnam
funding
According to a report from the
monitoring and early notification center
of the economic development ministry
of Tajikistan, electricity production by
power plants administered by Barki Tojik,
the national power company of Tajikistan,
was reduced by 23 million kilowatt hours
during July, compared with July 2013.
The lower production was a result of the
reduction in energy demand by TALCO
(Tajik Aluminium Company).
The report also revealed that, during July,
production volume was at 50.1 million
kilowatt hours in 24 hours, with 168.4 million
kilowatt hours provided to Afghanistan
from power plants Sangtouda-1 and
Sangtouda-2 through 220kW and 110kW
channels.
Approximately 11 percent of the electricity
produced in Tajikistan is exported to
Afghanistan, with around 1.5 million
kilowatt hours of energy exported to
Kyrgyzstan on a daily basis.
TALCO dip leads to power
reduction