On 6^th January 2020, People’ Committee of Ninh Thuan Province cooperated with Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) to organise the Groundbreaking and Emulation Lauching Ceremony to complete the Discharge Gate Work Cluster – Bac Ai Pumped – Storage Hydropower Project in the territory of Phuoc Tan and Phuoc Hoa Communes, Bac Ai District, Ninh Thuan Province. Construction Corporation 47 is the m’ain contractor.

Attendees in the ceremony includes: Mr Phan Xuan Dung – Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of National Assembly’s Science, Technology & Environment Committee; Mr Nguyen Duc Thanh – Member of the Party Central Committee, Provincial Party Committee Secretary, Chairman of People’s Council of Ninh Thuan Province; Mr Luu Xuan Vinh – Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of People’s Committee of Ninh Thuan Province; Mr Le Sy Hung – Vice Chairman of State Capital Management Committee at Enterprises, member of the Presidium of Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Mr. Duong Quang Thanh – Secretary of Party Committee, Chairman of Board of Members of Vietnam Electricity; Representative of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Leadership; Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; Vietnam Electricity Corporation; Departments and Branches of Ninh Thuan province; Bac Ai and Ninh Son districts; Leaders of communes and people in the project area.

Bac Ai pumped-storage hydropower project, located in Phuoc Hoa and Phuoc Tan communes of Bac Ai district, is on the list of power source projects in the National Power Development Adjustment Plan by the Prime Minister in the period of 2011 – 2020 by EVN as the Investor. This is the first pumped-storage hydropower project to be built in Vietnam, includes 4 units with a capacity of 1,200 MW, uses the water source of Song Cai lake under the Tan My Irrigation system to pump up the water storage lake through 2 parallel tunnels with a diameter of 5.5 – 7.5m with a total length of more than 2,700m for each tunnel. The project is implemented in 2 phases: Phase 1 constructing the discharge door cluster, expected to be completed in April 2021; Phase 2 constructing main works in early 2022 to ensure the progress of power generation in December 2026; The entire project is expected to be completed by the end of 2028.

*/ Photos at the ceremony

On January 3, 2020, Hydraulic Project Investment and Construction Management Board 6 under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Employer) and Construction Joint Stock Company 47 (Leader Contractor of Joint Venture) organized the Second River Blocking of Dong Mit Reservoir Project located in An Trung commune, An Lao district, Binh Dinh province.

Dong Mit Reservoir Project commenced on February 24, 2019, up to now, the Main Contractor is Construction Joint Stock Company 47, which has endeavored to complete the construction of main works such as: Diversion Culverts; Upstream channel and Downstream channel; RCC Main Dam from Section 10 to Right Abutment reached to Elevation of 68.7m; Access Roads, etc., ensured the conditions for river diversion through Diversion Culverts.

* Some photos taken at the Ceremony:

 

On 17 December 2019 in Ho Chi Minh city, Power Project Management Unit 3 – the branch of Vietnam Electricity Group ( Investor ) and Construction Corporation 47 ( Contractor ) signed the contract of constructing Package 18.1-XD: Constructing Work Cluster of Discharge Gates in Bac Ai Pumped-Storage Hydropower Project.

The discharge gate of Bac Ai Pumped-Storage Hydropower project is located on the left bank of Cai river in the territory of two communes Phuoc Hoa and Phuoc Tan, Bac Ai district, Ninh Thuan province. Scope of work of package includes the following main jobs: Construction of roads for construction; Construction of temporary work items serving construction diversion; Construction of Discharge Channels; Construction of pressure tanks; Execution of discharge door including fabrication, supply and installation of hydro-mechanical equipment; Construction of discharge tunnel, section 3; Auxiliary systems for construction of main works and electricity, water and communication systems for construction. Construction time is 14 months, expected to start on December 23, 2019.

*/ Some photos of Signing Contract Ceremony

Project scale: Including a Main dam by gravity concrete with lenght of 245.41m, height of 69.20m; Spillway (free flowing and gate) design flow is 1,353m3/s; Auxiliary dam by earth with lenght of 75m and 15m in high; Water supply pipeline with diameter 1.6m and 1.6km in long.