Son La plant’s first turbine now operational

The operation of the first turbine is expected to ease the country’s power shortages and pave the way for the completion of the remaining turbines in late 2012.

The Son La Hydro-electric Power Plant in It Ong commune (Muong La district, Son La province) is designed to have a total capacity of 2,400 MW with six turbines, each of 400 MW.

When construction finishes, the biggest hydro-electric plant in Southeast Asia will provide over 10.24 billion kWh of electricity for the national power grid each year, contributing to the socio-economic development of the whole country and the northwestern region in particular.