(Photo: en.freshnewsasia.com) Hanoi (VNA) – Laos' electricity exports will hit 14,600 MWby 2030, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Lao Minister of Energy and MinesKhammany Inthirath.
The minister added that at present, Laos is exporting electricity tofive neighbouring countries at a total of 4,415 MW.
The Lao government has signed a contract with China for cooperation onconstruction of a national electricity transmission line. The government is workingon the issue with China's state-owned power grid company and conductingtechnical and economic feasibility study, in the hope that the project willcomplete by 2019.
The governments of Laos and Thailand have signed a power trade agreementfor 9,000 MW. Laos currently supplies over 4,000 MW of electricity to Thailandand expects to increase the power supply to 7,000 MW by 2020 and 9,000 MW by2030 respectively.
Inthirath added that Laos also sold over 300 MW to Vietnam and the Laogovernment hopes to increase the power supply to 1,000 MW by 2020 and 5,000 MWby 2030.
Laos plans to sell 100 MW electricity to Malaysia via Thailand and thegovernment expects to sell 300 MW more by 2020. The Lao government will sell 10MW of electricity to Cambodia and aims to sell 200 MW more by 2020.
The Lao and Myanmar governments have signed a cooperation contract onpower purchasing. The Lao government already sold 5 MW of electricity toMyanmar and will sell 100 MW more by 2022. -VNA
The minister added that at present, Laos is exporting electricity tofive neighbouring countries at a total of 4,415 MW.
The Lao government has signed a contract with China for cooperation onconstruction of a national electricity transmission line. The government is workingon the issue with China's state-owned power grid company and conductingtechnical and economic feasibility study, in the hope that the project willcomplete by 2019.
The governments of Laos and Thailand have signed a power trade agreementfor 9,000 MW. Laos currently supplies over 4,000 MW of electricity to Thailandand expects to increase the power supply to 7,000 MW by 2020 and 9,000 MW by2030 respectively.
Inthirath added that Laos also sold over 300 MW to Vietnam and the Laogovernment hopes to increase the power supply to 1,000 MW by 2020 and 5,000 MWby 2030.
Laos plans to sell 100 MW electricity to Malaysia via Thailand and thegovernment expects to sell 300 MW more by 2020. The Lao government will sell 10MW of electricity to Cambodia and aims to sell 200 MW more by 2020.
The Lao and Myanmar governments have signed a cooperation contract onpower purchasing. The Lao government already sold 5 MW of electricity toMyanmar and will sell 100 MW more by 2022. -VNA
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