The Đa Nhim Hydroelectric Power Station is a power station on the

Đa Nhim River Đa Nhim River (Rhade language: ''Daàm Bri'' / "the stream from the forest") is a tributary of the Đa Dâng River (Đồng Nai River) in Lâm Đồng province, Vietnam. History The Đa Nhim Hydroelectric Power Plant was built on the river during ...

in Vietnam. Phase 1 construction started in April 1961 and was finished in January 1964. It has installed capacity of 160 MW. Đa Nhim Lake is at an altitude of . It was the first hydroelectric power station in

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(2004), Kinh tế Miền Nam Việt nam thời kỳ 1955 - 1975, Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội, Hanoi, page 282 Electricity produced here supplied the central region of Vietnam but was unable to reach the large industrial centres in

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and

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, which had to rely on oil for electricity generation. Two large pipes, crossing the road, carrying water from a height of 1,000 metres to Đa Nhim lake, drive the turbines of the hydropower plant. The Da Nhim Hydropower Plant Expansion Project installed an additional 80 MW turbine, increasing the total installed capacity to 240 MW. The project commenced in December 2015, and successfully connected to the grid in December 2018, with an estimated annual output of 99 million kWh.Hòa lưới thành công Dự án mở rộng Thủy điện Đa Nhim
Năng lượng Việt Nam. Retrieved 2019-04-01.

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