Trị An Dam

Dam in Trị An village, Vĩnh Cửu Đồng Nai Province

11°6′19″N 106°59′2″E / 11.10528°N 106.98389°E / 11.10528; 106.98389PurposeHydroelectricStatusOperationalConstruction began1984Opening date1986Owner(s)EVNDam and spillwaysImpoundsĐồng Nai RiverReservoirCreatesTrị An ReservoirPower StationOperator(s)Trị An Hydropower CompanyCommission date1988Installed capacity400 MWAnnual generation1.76 TWh

Trị An is a hydroelectric dam and lake on the Đồng Nai River in Vĩnh Cửu, Đồng Nai, Vietnam. The power plant has an installed electric capacity of 400 MW^[1] and produces around 1.76 TWh of electricity per year. The plant is operated by Trị An Hydropower Company, a subsidiary of Vietnam Electricity.^[2]

The dam was built in 1984–1986 with the assistance of the Soviet Union.^[3] The power plant became operational in 1988. The dam forms a man-made reservoir lake known as Trị An Lake. La Ngà village on the La Ngà River was created as a result of population displacement.^[4]

The dam appears on the 5000 Vietnamese đồng note released in 1993.

References

^ Tri An Hydro Power Plant Archived 2007-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Tri An Hydropower generates 35 billion kWh". Saigon Liberation. 2007-12-03. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
^ Ray, Nick; Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (2010). Vietnam. Travel Guide. Lonely Planet. ISBN 9781742203898.
^ Vietnam Economic Times - Volume 102 - Page 10 Viện kinh tế thế giới (Vietnam) "The "village" of La Nga was only established when Tri An lake was created for a hydro-power plant in 1986. At first it was just a gathering of a few homeless people from various places and backgrounds who had one thing in common: land ..."