The temperature in the North has dropped in recent days. Moreover, water has flowed to hydropower reservoirs. Particularly, in 0.00 a.m. on August 19, 2008, in Hoa Binh reservoir, the water level was nearly 104 m and the water flow was 4,700 m3/s; in Yaly reservoir, the water level was 501.66 m and the water flow was 300 m3/s; in Tri An reservoir, the water level was 55.20 m and the water flow was 1,300 m3/s. With such water flow, the hydropower reservoirs have provided considerable power output for the power system.
However, owing to the fact that the thermal power units have been generating for 7 straight past months, they in turn have to stop now to be repaired, preparing for the dry season of the year 2009. Two units of Ca Mau Thermal Power Company 1 have stopped generating to be repaired from 14th to 19th of August (unit 1) and from 18th to 23rd of August (unit 2). Therefore, the system is capable of meeting the power demand, still the shortage of capacity can occur in one or two peak hours in the morning (from 9.30 a.m. to 11 a.m.), ranging from 500 MW to 800 MW.
Basically, the situation of power supply has been more stable than that of previous months.
Theo: Thanh Mai