Sayabouly, Parklai districts to gain an access to permanent electricity

(KPL) A signing ceremony for installation of medium voltage of 22 KV and small voltage of 0.4 KV transmission lines access to Sayabouly and Parklai districts held in Sayabouly province, on 10 February.
Taking note to the document were representatives from Chief of Sayabouly district, Mrs. Bounphak Inthapanya and Director of Engineering and Electricity Development Company Mrs. Aloun Chanthavong.
The electricity construction and transformer installation project will be accessible to 11 villages of two districts; five villages in Sayabouly district (Keo, Nathang, Pakpui, Phonsida, and Nakhonkaen villages) with a total 310 families and population of over 1,600 and six villages of Parklai district including Nakhaen, Pakkhan, Paktung, Natung, Nongkhai and Phaliep villages, with 107 families and population of almost 3,000.
The project will commence this month and will be finished by 2014.
The five villages of Sayabuly district will be installed the medium voltage of 22 KV transmission lines, which divided into two parts connecting from Khokpak village to Nakhonkaen village with 26 km long, from Houay Dok village to Keo village with 31 Km long.
The constriction of small voltage of 0.4 KV transmission line network for five villages stretching almost 5 Km in which installed five sets of transformers is the worth of 17,3 billion kip.
The six villages in Parklai district will be installed with 22 KV transmission line network running 37 Km from Nachanh to Natung villages-Parkkhan village and in the section of Ban Nampa-Ban Phaliep-Ban Nongkhai with 32 Km long and a 7 km stretch-Ban Pakyan Maed district, Vientiane province to Paktung village.
The construction of 0.4 KV transmission line access to six villages stretching 12 Km with 100 KVA-4 transformers sets and 50 KVA-3 transformers sets is the investment of 24.7 billion kip.
The investment for electricity installation in two districts is a total of 42.9 billion kip which the company will pre-invest.

By Vinnaly  
http://kpl.net.la/english/news/newsrecord/2012/February/14.02.2012/edn10.htm

Govt injects 22.18 billion kip in power grid network expansion

 (KPL) This year, the Government has injected 22.18 billion kip in the expansion of electricity network system in 12 villages in Luang Prabang and Oudomsay provinces.
Signatories to the agreement were Deputy Director of the Luang Prabang Energy and Mines Division, Mr. Houmphanh Pormekmanolom and Director of the Lao Sangsan Construction and Power System Installation, Narongkon Sisakkason in the witness of Vice Governor of LuangPrabang Khamkanh Chanthavisouk and relevant officials.
'This project comprises the installation of 22 kV power and transformers in Park Ou district, Luang Prabang province connecting to Nga district in Oudomsay province and Luang Prabang province,' said Mr. Narongkon.
Over 950 households with 3,200 populations are beneficiaries thanks to the electricity expansion project, expected Mr. Narongkon, adding that under the agreement, the contractor anticipated to complete for 24 months.

http://kpl.net.la/english/news/newsrecord/2012/February/06.2.2012/edn5.htm

Study of Electrical vehicles use to be conducted

  (KPL) Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will help Lao PDR to conduct a feasibility study on the use of electrical vehicles to ensure a long-term growth of economic development.
The study was discussed at a meeting between technical staff of Ministry of Public Works and Transport and the JICA in Vientiane Capital on 31 January.
The meeting was co-chaired by Director of Transport Department, Ministry of Public Works and Transport, Mr. Viengsavat Siphandone and country representative of JICA to Laos, Mr. Yuzurio Susumu.
The Lao PDR is developing hydroelectricity power sector with the hope of becoming the battery of ASEAN region. Seeing as a highly potential development of hydroelectricity power of Laos, a clean and stability power that is safer than using fuel energy that has been imported in a huge volume each year and expensive that will be run out in the future, so JICA proposed Laos to use the electrically powered vehicles.
In 2009-2010 the global crisis of petrol was affected leading to the government has issued a policy on promoting the sustainable public transportation by using vehicle run by electricity or battery.
Vientiane Capital Bus Enterprise Company has been authorised to import 10 electrical mini buses are on service in the society at the moment. But the use of bus has not been conducted any study, which led to following happen. Now relevant sectors are on solution approach together.
The possible study, the JICA will help studying the basic information countrywide.
The JICA will assess the best lesson on public transport system used by electrical energy worldwide and then proper system matching Lao situation will be proposed.
This project is to promote the use of electrically powered vehicles and will help Laos become the leading country in the ASEAN region, said Mr. Viengsavat.

By Vinnaly    
http://kpl.net.la/english/news/newsrecord/2012/February/01.2.2012/edn3.htm