Ambassador of Vietnam pays a working visit to the Gerpinne project

Thursday, August 22, 2024

It is our great pleasure to have received his exelence Ambassador of Vietnam, mister NGUYEN Van Thao, and the delegations of Vietnameese and belgian companies at our project in Hanzinelle/Gerpinnes on August 20, 2024.

At the visit all partners  shared the challanges, the opportunities and the innovative approaches in the development and construction of High-tension grid, to implement renewable Energy and civil engineering. Together with the partners ELIA, Luminus, owner of the windturbines, and the Services Public de Wallonie, the governmental services responsible for road infrastructure. AVALON L+E has been given a leading roll in implementing the project and was given the opportunity to share this with the delegations. Also we thank BESIX as the general construction company leading all construction of the interconnection project, to support the visit. 

Elia Transmission Belgium is the operator of the Belgian electricity transmission system. We manage the Belgian high-voltage grid from 30,000 to 400,000 volts. This network covers a total of more than 8,802.50 km of lines, underground and submarine cables throughout Belgium. With a confidence rate of 99.99%, we provide society with a robust electricity grid, which is important for socio-economic prosperity. We ensure that production and consumption are always in balance. With the subsidiary EGI, ELIA is currently supporting EVN as a knowledge and technology partner.

Active since 1909, BESIX Group has grown over the years into a multidisciplinary company with a leading position in the markets in which it operates: construction, real estate development and concessions. BESIX Contracting specializes in the realization of construction, infrastructure and maritime works, which are often distinguished by their complexity. With the entities Infra, BESIX Environment and BESIX Unitec, the Group markets specialized niche solutions, such as deep foundations, geo-engineering, road works, water treatment and cable and pipeline construction. 

Strengthened by their experience in their home markets, BESIX has also been able to establish a strong position outside Europe, particularly in the Middle East, and has the desire to develop its activities in Vietnam.

Since 25 years AVALON L+E develops their experience as designer of the Energy landscape- and infrastructure projects. Characteristic for our projects is an intensive technical engineering in addition of conceptional strategies.  We offer integrated solutions to the development of energy infrastructure. Based on a rapidly changing legislation and a challenging development environment AVALON L+E support the development of new grid and renewable projects: site analyses, remediation, development, and planning steps up to construction. From yield estimations, research and development of energy balancing and storage solution and the operational grid management and site operational management. 

This event gave Belgian and Vietnamese companies and organisations the opportunity to connect and have a better understanding of the new opportunities and challenges facing Vietnam in implementing Decree 80/2024. Whereas the goals is to connect, sellers and consumers under a negotiated PPA price on their own or construct their private line infrastructure, connecting Renewable Energy production to their needs.