The Malaysian group TOYO is planning to build Song Hau 2 thermoelectricpower plant in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang, with an estimatedinvestment of 2.5 billion USD.
Provincial authorities agreed in principle and promised to ask the PrimeMinister for approval of the project at a working session with theinvestor on April 7.
The province will work closelywith TOYO to complete all legal procedures to submit to concernedministries, agencies and the government for approval.
Located at the Song Hau Power Centre (SHPC) in Chau Thanh district,the 2,000 MW coal and petroleum-fueled power plant is expected to begingenerating electricity in 2018 or 2019 if the project is carried out onschedule.
As the largest thermoelectric power centrein Vietnam, SHPC was designed to accommodate three power plants with acombined capacity of 5,200 MW.
The first project, the1,200 MW Song Hau 1 power plant, invested by the Vietnam National Oiland Gas Group, is scheduled to generate electricity by 2013 or 2014./.