Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has assigned the Ministry of Industry and Trade to ratify the venue for the construction of Binh Dinh Electric Power Centre, Government Portal released.
The Power Engineering Consulting Joint-Stock Company 4 under the Electricity of Viet Nam said the 250ha power complex in the Phu Cat District would be built in three phases.
It would have three power plants with a total capacity of 5,200MW.
The power plants, each to be built in a phase, should be operational between 2016 and 21.
Construction of the power stations will help supplement and replace large-scale combined gas-turbine power plants in the southern and central regions.
The plant is part of the national power development plan for 2001-10 with a vision to 2020.
The power centre will use the latest and environmentally-friendly technologies and coal imported from Australia or Indonesia. It will need 12-14 million tonnes of coal annually. It will also use about 33,800 tonnes of diesel and fuel oil each year.
The centre will have a port with four wharves. Two will handle coal carriers up to 100,000 DWT while the others are for oil tankers up to 2,000DWT and general shipping up to 1,000DWT.
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