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Tra Vinh: Over 144 million USD invested in wind power plant

Authorities of the Mekong Delta of Tra Vinh have approved an investment of close to 3.37 trillion VND (144.3 million USD) in the Hiep Thanh wind power plant from three investors.
Tra Vinh: Over 144 million USD invested in wind power plant ảnh 1A wind farm in Vietnam (Photo: VNA)

Tra Vinh (VNA) – Authorities of the Mekong Deltaof Tra Vinh have approved an investment of close to 3.37 trillion VND (144.3million USD) in the Hiep Thanh wind power plant from three investors.

The investors are the Hanoi-based Ecotech Vietnam company, JanakuasaSingapore Pte, Ltd, and Lam Minh – a resident in Ba Dinh district of Hanoi, whoplans to set up a company in Tra Vinh to implement the project.

Scheduled to become fully operational in 2020, the 2.747-haproject is located in a coastal area in Hiep Thanh commune, Duyen Hai town. Itsdesigned capacity is at 78 MW with 18 or 19 wind poles.

According to Nguyen Quynh Thien, deputy head of the Tra Vinheconomic zone organising board, this is the fourth wind power projects licencedby the local authorities.

Previously, Tra Vinh approved three other projects in TruongLong Hoa commune, Duyen Hai town, and Dong Hai commune, Duyen Hai district,with a combined capacity of 192 MW. All of them are under administrativeverification process before construction starts.

In a plan to develop the green energy by 2020, Tra Vinh mappedout the building of six projects in six coastal areas in Duyen Hai district andtown.

By 2020, the province expects to have anaccumulated wind power capacity of 270 MW for a total productivity of 634million kWh.-VNA
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