Yokogawa nets Vietnam power plant project
6 Dec 2010
London – Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd. has won an order from Marubeni Corp. to supply the control system for the Nghi Son 1 thermal power plant (two 300 MW units) being built by Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in the Nghi Son district of Thanh Hoa Province, in the northern part of the country.
Yokogawa is tp provide the control systems for the plant’s boilers, turbines, and auxiliary facilities. This is Yokogawa’s third control system order for a thermal power plant in Vietnam, following the Pha Lai thermal power plant No. 2 (1998) and the Vung Ang thermo-power plant No. 1 in 2009.
The Nghi Son 1 thermal power plant will be one of the largest power plants in the Nghi Son district, a fast-growing industrial region. Financing for this construction project is being provided in the form of Japanese government-backed ODA loans through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In March 2007 an agreement was signed for the disbursement of the first Yen20,943bn loan.
The plant is scheduled to start operation in 2014 and will supply electricity to the Nghi Son industrial complex and to the northern part of Vietnam.
For this project, Yokogawa is providing Centum VP series integrated production control systems and Exaquantum(R) plant information management systems, as well as delivery, engineering, installation, commissioning, and operator training for these systems.
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is a government-run electric power company established in 1995 to centrally manage electric power in Vietnam
