Being supported finance by Japan, from 2016 up to now, Khanh Hoa Power Joint Stock Company has replaced 400 old transformers with new ones which save electricity and partly protect environment.
Being supported finance by Japan, from 2016 up to now, Khanh Hoa Power Joint Stock Company has replaced 400 old transformers with new ones which save electricity and partly protect environment.
Current grid of Khanh Hoa Power Joint Stock Company has many transformers used for 15 – 22 years, therefore its operation has depressed, causing big power loss and problems. In 2015, Central Power Corporation entrusted Khanh Hoa Power Joint Stock Company to reduce power loss by 0.2%/year. To reach the target, beside measures in technologies and business, investment in the grid is needed. Replacing aged transformers with amorphous ones is the chosen way.
Price of amorphous transformers is 30% higher than that of normal ones. In early 2016, as the Government of Japan was sponsoring amorphous transformers to decrease greenhouse emissions according to the Kyoto Protocol, the company contacted with Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) and Thibidi Company to ask for sponsorship of 30 – 50% of the expenditure to buy amorphous transformers for Vietnam’s grid.
Replacing old transformer with new one in Vinh Phuong Commune, Nha Trang
According to Do Thanh Son, deputy director of Khanh Hoa Power Joint Stock Company, with the support of the Government of Japan, in 2016 and 2017, the company has replaced 416 old transformers in Khanh Hoa Province with 416 new ones. In this period, the company was given grant aid worth 33.5% of the expense for the transformers, equivalent to VND16 billion.
The new amorphous transformers have lessened problems caused by the old ones, partly increasing users’ trust in the company.
Khanh Hoa Power Joint Stock Company is working with consultan consulting companies to register join this projects in the period of 2017 -2019. The Government of Japan has agreed to sponsor 18% of 530 new transformers in this period.
