Ninh Thuan wind power plant to get official nod

Ninh Thuan wind power plant to get official nod

A wind power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan will be officially approved by the Vietnamese government this year.

The state-owned power utility, Electricity of Vietnam, has been tasked with preparing a plan for the project that will be submitted to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung by May, a government statement said Tuesday. The Ministry of Planning and Investment has said it plans to use aid from Denmark to fund the project. According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, 8.6 percent of the country’s land area has good potential to develop wind power projects, but it has been left untapped so far. The only wind power plant in Vietnam is located in the central province of Binh Thuan. The 30-megawatt plant worth US$60 million was built by the Hanoi-based Vietnam Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company. Le Tuan Phong, deputy general director of the ministry’s Energy Department, said several foreign investors have planned to build wind power plants in Vietnam with capacities of between 6 and 150 megawatts. Source: Thanh Nien