USTDA Awards Grant to Support Information Technology and Smart Grid Development in Vietnam
April 26, 2013
(USTDA)
Builds on Past Success as NPT Strengthens its Power Grid
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) awarded a
grant today to the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) of Vietnam
to support its efforts to improve transmission efficiencies to meet increasing
power generation capacity and demand. The USTDA grant is supporting a technical
assistance program that will assist NPT modernize its legacy information
technology (IT) systems in order to more efficiently manage its transmission
infrastructure.
The technical assistance program will link a team of U.S.-experts from Tangible
International (McLean, VA) with EVNNPT to expand and modernize Vietnam's
electrical grid. The Tangible team will also assist EVNNPT in designing a
telecommunications system that will enable the power company to modernize its
IT, automation and management systems, and technologies.
"USTDA is proud to support this dynamic information technology roadmap project
with the National Power Transmission Corporation," stated USTDA Director
Leocadia I. Zak. "I am excited to see the outcomes of this new system that, once
implemented, will enable EVNNPT to effectively deploy an integrated IT
enterprise solution to manage its entire operations, from transmission to back
office functions, in support of its core mission and better respond to
customers' needs."
This project is the second recent partnership between USTDA and EVNNPT. In 2011,
USTDA hosted a delegation of officials from EVNNPT in the United States where
they learned about U.S. power transmission technologies. The visit introduced
EVNNPT employees to U.S. services and technology providers in the energy sector,
particularly smart grid solutions. Since that visit, General Electric and EVNNPT
signed a contract for GE's capacitor banks, which will effectively double
Vietnam's existing power capacity through the upgrade of the Pleiku-Phu Lam
transmission line – the backbone of Vietnam's North-to-South power transmission
network.
This technical assistance program also promotes the priorities of the U.S.
Government-wide U.S.-Asia Pacific Comprehensive Partnership for a Sustainable
Energy Future, announced by President Obama at the East Asia Summit in November
2012. As a result of the partnership, USTDA has committed to support programs in
partner countries in the areas of power generation, distribution modernization
and improved grid efficiencies as well as other clean energy supplies for the
region.
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