Vietnam: Siemens builds main control centre for EVN SPC in Vietnam

Vietnam: Siemens builds main control centre for EVN SPC in Vietnam

Siemens has completed a contract from Electricity of Vietnam Southern Power
Corporation (EVN SPC) to design, develop and build the facilities in the
main control centre in Ho Chi Minh City.

The main control centre will enable EVN to remotely monitor and control the
medium- and low-voltage grids in 21 provinces in the southern part of the
country.

The project is expected to improve the availability and efficiency of
distribution grid in the region and reduce power outages.

The control centre technology provided by Siemens is based on its Spectrum
Power system platform for network control centres, which will be put to use
in Vietnam as a Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and
distribution management system (DMS).

This control centre will not only be used for remote monitoring and control
of distribution grids with capacities of 110kV and below, but it can also
work with transmission grid of 220kV and above in order to minimise losses
and down times.

With this technology, Vietnam's state-run energy is also planning to deploy
110kV transformer substations for unmanned operation in the future.

Siemens Energy Management Division Business Unit Digital Grid CEO Thomas
Zimmermann said: "EVN's new network control center enables it to respond
flexibly and cost-efficiently to the current and future challenges of
ensuring reliable network operation.

"For EVN, that means an improvement in both its operational efficiency and
quality of service."

Vietnam Southern Power Corporation Electricity President and CEO Nguyen Van
Hop said: "We are very excited with the opening of the main control center
SCADA DMS in Ho Chi Minh City.

"Equipped by Siemens most advanced technology in the power distribution
industry the center will help us to remarkably improve the efficiency and
reliability of the distribution network in 21 provinces and cities in the
southern region of Vietnam.

"We will be able to create sustainable values not only for the region but
also our company through higher productivity and significant cost savings."

Siemens' SCADA systems are used to operate, observe, control and monitor
power grids. The system helps grid operators in controlling the grid
management system and the energy flow. This system can be operated locally
or remotely due to its web-based architecture.

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John Diecker
APT Consulting Group Co., Ltd.

www.aptthailand.com