The
Delegation had meeting at WB
On June 12th 1977, Mr. J. Thomas Ranken,
President of the CleanTech Alliance received the Delegation in Seattle,
Washington. At the meeting, representatives of CleanTech Alliance introduced
and shared some information about power transmission systems in the Washington State and the northwestern of the United
States such as: Total length of transmission line and available voltage levels
; Electricity tariff and power transmission charge; Structure of power sources
in the area; Energy efficiency, customers; Mechanisms and policies for
operating the power transmission system ... CleanTech Alliance is
representative of more than 300 organizations in the United States. It involves
in all aspects of economic and community development through the role and
activities of the Alliance in the areas of: planning, infrastructure
development (including electrical infrastructure), housing, business support
... This is the first time EVNNPT has
gotten in touch with this organization in order to establish focal points and
seeking for potential cooperation with members of the Alliance in energy and power
transmission sector as well.
On June 15th 2017, the Delegation worked with
USTDA in Washington D.C. At the meeting, Mrs. Enoth Ebong - Deputy Executive
Director was pleased to hear that the results of grants provided by the USTDA
to EVNNPT (study tour to the US in
2011 to find out and start cooperating with certain US enterprises; Technical
Assistance in 2014 to set up an information technology roadmap for EVNNPT) has been applied and maintained effectively
by EVNNPT to date. Both sides also
discussed the content of the US study tour that USTDA agreed to provide for EVNNPT based on the ideas and training
needs of EVNNPT. It is expected that
the study tour will provide practical technical training for about 15 employees
of EVNNPT in the US in October 2017
with the topics of: solutions for
installation of FACTS equipment; calculation of reactive power compensation to ensure
the voltage quality and reduce losses; set up lightning map locate lightning; improve
labor efficiency by modern technology; SVC and HDVC technology, lightning warning
technology; low loss conductor. The total funding provided by USTDA for the
study tour is about USD 155,000. The USTDA has now drafted the program and
carried out further preparatory. The USTDA highly appreciated the cooperative
relationship with EVNNPT and affirmed
that it would continue to support EVNNPT
in the time coming.
The
Delegation worked with the USTDA
At the meeting with the WB in the afternoon of June
15th 2017, the Delegation discussed the implementation situation, especially
the difficulties in compensation and site clearance of the existing projects.
In the context of ODA resources is more and more limitation along with the
government's policy of public debt tightening, to optimize the use of loans and
to ensure timely investment for the development need of power generation and
transmission projects, the Delegation proposed WB to consider the possibility
to allow EVNNPT borrowing money in term
of direct credit with non-government guarantee. On WB side, Madam Victoria
Kwakwa - Vice President for East Asia and Pacific, former WB Country Director in
Vietnam, agreed to consider the proposal of EVNNPT Delegation. The WB will soon work concretely with EVNNPT to unify its approach and capacity
assessment as the basis for discussions with the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on
this issue. In addition, the WB also shared the technical with the Delegation
through presentations and discussions with WB experts on topics of renewable energy
integration and strengthening competence of the power system in Vietnam.
On June 19th 2017, in New York, the Delegation
continued to work with GE experts to learn about High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC)
technology as well as practical experiences which have applied this technology
in projects that implemented by GE. The presentation and discussion with GE
experts have brought a lot of useful knowledge and information for the research
and selection of technology to apply on the Vietnam power grid.
The
Delegation worked at GE
The business trip has good ended with a lot of
information and practical experiences on access and application of modern power
transmission technologies gained. In addition, EVNNPT has also initial started to build some new focal points while
maintaining and strengthening the existing cooperation relationship with WB and
USTDA./.